GVP volcano 283050 · no holder yet
Hakusan
Hakusan is a 2,702 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1659.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,702 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1659
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 200 BCE
- Eruptions
- 20 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 36.16°N 136.77°E · Japan
- Region
- Nankai Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).