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Kusatsu-Shiranesan
Kusatsu-Shiranesan is a 2,165 m stratovolcano in Japan, erupting as recently as 2018.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,165 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2018
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1120 BCE
- Eruptions
- 28 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 36.62°N 138.53°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283120
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).