GVP volcano 284060 · no holder yet
Aogashima
Aogashima is a 423 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1785.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 423 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1785
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 600 BCE
- Eruptions
- 7 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 32.46°N 139.76°E · Japan
- Region
- Izu Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 284060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).