GVP volcano 283090 · no holder yet
Niigata-Yakeyama
Niigata-Yakeyama is a 2,400 m lava dome in Japan, last erupted in 1998.
- Type
- Lava dome (minor (silicic) landform)
- Summit
- 2,400 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1998
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 887 CE
- Eruptions
- 20 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 36.92°N 138.04°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283090
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).