GVP volcano 285040 · no holder yet
Shikotsu
Shikotsu is a 1,320 m caldera in Japan, last erupted in 1981.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 1,320 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1981
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1739
- Eruptions
- 41 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 42.69°N 141.38°E · Japan
- Region
- Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 285040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).