GVP volcano 283131 · no holder yet
Hiuchigatake
Hiuchigatake is a 2,356 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1544.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,356 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1544
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1544
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 36.95°N 139.28°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283131
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).