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Azumayama
Azumayama is a 1,949 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1977.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,949 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1977
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 4150 BCE
- Eruptions
- 19 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 37.73°N 140.24°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283180
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).