GVP volcano 285020 · no holder yet
Hokkaido-Komagatake
Hokkaido-Komagatake is a 1,131 m stratovolcano in Japan, erupting as recently as 2000.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,131 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2000
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1640
- Eruptions
- 19 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 42.06°N 140.68°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 285020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).