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Akita-Yakeyama
Akita-Yakeyama is a 1,366 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1997.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,366 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1997
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1929
- Eruptions
- 16 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 39.96°N 140.76°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283260
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).