GVP volcano 283240 · no holder yet
Iwatesan
Iwatesan is a 2,038 m volcanic complex in Japan, last erupted in 1919.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,038 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1919
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1686
- Eruptions
- 26 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 39.85°N 141.00°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283240
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).