GVP volcano 285030 · no holder yet
Toya
Toya is a 733 m stratovolcano in Japan, erupting as recently as 2001.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 733 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2001
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1663
- Eruptions
- 13 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 42.54°N 140.84°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 285030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).