GVP volcano 283262 · no holder yet
Megata
Megata is a 160 m maar in Japan, last erupted around 2050 BCE.
- Type
- Maar(s) (minor (basaltic) landform)
- Summit
- 160 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2050 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 39.95°N 139.72°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283262
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).