GVP volcano 284096 · no holder yet
Nishinoshima
Nishinoshima is a 160 m caldera in Japan, erupting as recently as 2023.
- Type
- Caldera (composite landform)
- Summit
- 160 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, thickness unknown
- Last eruption
- 2023
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 2022
- Eruptions
- 7 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 27.24°N 140.88°E · Japan
- Region
- Ogasawara Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 284096
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).