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Chokaisan
Chokaisan is a 2,236 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1974.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,236 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1974
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1834
- Eruptions
- 14 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 39.10°N 140.05°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283220
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).