Japan · Stratovolcano
Mount Kitayoko
Yokodake
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 2480m
- Last eruption
- 1200
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2480m
- Coordinates
- 36.087, 138.320
- Last eruption
- 1200
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The Yokodake lava dome, with eight small craters, is at the northern edge of the Kita-Yatsugatake (North Yatsugatake) group of stratovolcanoes and lava domes at the NW end of the NNW-SSE-trending Yatsugatake volcanic massif.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Yoko also known as Mount Kita Yoko, is an active lava dome located in the Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group of the Yatsugatake Mountains, Honshū, Japan. Mount Yoko has shown the most recent activity and is now considered an active volcano. It last erupted approximately 800 years ago. The eruption consisted of ash with a lava flow of some 3 million cubic meters. The eruption was dated by corrected radiocarbon dating. The next previous eruption was in or after 400 BCE.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 400 BCE – 1200
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 1200 (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1200 – end unknownYokodake
- 400 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate400 BCE – end unknownYokodake
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