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Myokosan
Myokosan is a 2,454 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted around 750 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,454 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 750 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 4750 BCE
- Eruptions
- 10 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 36.89°N 138.11°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283100
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).