GVP volcano 284050 · no holder yet
Hachijojima
Hachijojima is an 854 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1606.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 854 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1606
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 2050 BCE
- Eruptions
- 18 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 33.14°N 139.77°E · Japan
- Region
- Izu Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 284050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).