VOLCANO

GVP volcano 283280 · no holder yet

Hakkodasan

Hakkodasan is a 1,584 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1550.

Type
Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
Summit
1,584 m above sea level
Rock
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Setting
Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
Last eruption
1550
Largest known
VEI 3, severe, 2250 BCE
Eruptions
7 confirmed in the record
Where
40.66°N 140.88°E · Japan
Region
Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283280

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