GVP volcano 305060 · no holder yet
Changbaishan
Changbaishan is a 2,744 m stratovolcano on the China–North Korea border, last erupted in 1903.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,744 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1903
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 946 CE
- Eruptions
- 7 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 41.98°N 128.08°E · China-North Korea
- Region
- Central East Asia Volcanic Province, Eastern Asia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 305060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).