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Akan
Akan is a 1,499 m caldera in Japan, erupting as recently as 2026.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 1,499 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2026
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 50 BCE
- Eruptions
- 37 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 43.39°N 144.01°E · Japan
- Region
- Kuril Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 285070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).