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Izu-Oshima
Izu-Oshima is a 758 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1990.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 758 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1990
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1421
- Eruptions
- 99 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 34.72°N 139.39°E · Japan
- Region
- Izu Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 284010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).