GVP volcano 285080 · no holder yet
Kussharo
Kussharo is a 574 m caldera in Japan, last erupted in 1320.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 574 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1320
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 6 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 43.62°N 144.43°E · Japan
- Region
- Kuril Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 285080
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).