GVP volcano 284020 · no holder yet
Niijima
Niijima is a 432 m lava dome in Japan, last erupted in 886 CE.
- Type
- Lava dome(s) (minor (silicic) landform)
- Summit
- 432 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 886 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 886 CE
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 34.40°N 139.27°E · Japan
- Region
- Izu Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 284020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).