GVP volcano 283070 · no holder yet
Yakedake
Yakedake is a 2,455 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1995.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,455 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1995
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 350 BCE
- Eruptions
- 38 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 36.23°N 137.59°E · Japan
- Region
- Nankai Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).