GVP volcano 283141 · no holder yet
Nantaisan
Nantaisan is a 2,486 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted around 9540 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,486 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 9540 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 36.77°N 139.49°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283141
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).