GVP volcano 285011 · no holder yet
Esan
Esan is a 617 m lava dome in Japan, last erupted in 1874.
- Type
- Lava dome(s) (minor (silicic) landform)
- Summit
- 617 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1874
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 6670 BCE
- Eruptions
- 8 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 41.80°N 141.17°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 285011
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).