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GVP volcano 283122 · no holder yet

Harunasan

Harunasan is a 1,449 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 550 CE.

Type
Stratovolcano (composite landform)
Summit
1,449 m above sea level
Rock
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Setting
Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
Last eruption
550 CE
Largest known
VEI 5, paroxysmal, 550 CE
Eruptions
3 confirmed in the record
Where
36.48°N 138.85°E · Japan
Region
Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283122

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