GVP volcano 283121 · no holder yet
Shiga
Shiga is a 2,041 m shield volcano in Japan, with no dated eruption on record.
- Type
- Shield(s) (shield landform)
- Summit
- 2,041 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- no dated eruption
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 0 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 36.69°N 138.52°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283121
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).