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Akita-Komagatake
Akita-Komagatake is a 1,637 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1971.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,637 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1971
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 7850 BCE
- Eruptions
- 18 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 39.76°N 140.80°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283230
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).