GVP volcano 283040 · no holder yet
Ontakesan
Ontakesan is a 3,067 m volcanic complex in Japan, erupting as recently as 2014.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,067 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2014
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 2014
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 35.89°N 137.48°E · Japan
- Region
- Nankai Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).