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Adatarayama

Adatarayama is a 1,728 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1996.

Type
Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
Summit
1,728 m above sea level
Rock
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Setting
Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
Last eruption
1996
Largest known
VEI 3, severe, 590 BCE
Eruptions
12 confirmed in the record
Where
37.65°N 140.28°E · Japan
Region
Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283170

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