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Niigata-Yake-Yama

Niigata-Yakeyama

Type
Lava dome
Elevation
2400m
Last eruption
1998
Niigata-Yake-Yama
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Type
Lava dome
Country
Japan
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2400m
Coordinates
36.921, 138.036
Last eruption
1998
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Minor (silicic)
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Niigata-Yakeyama, one of several Japanese volcanoes named Yakeyama ("Burning Mountain"), is an andesitic-to-dacitic lava dome in Niigata prefecture in west-central Honshu, about 20 km from the coast.

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From Wikipedia

Niigata-Yake-Yama is an active volcano in Honshu, Japan. A large eruption in 887 AD sent pyroclastic flows to the Japan Sea.

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Eruption history

20 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
20
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1900 BCE (±1050 yrs) – 1998
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (887)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
10
Summary (VEI over time)
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1900 BCE~1705 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?731 BCE~536 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 3634~829 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?829~1024 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41218~1413 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31608~1803 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31803~1998 · 12 eruptions · max VEI 21900 BCE925 BCE498291803

Detailed timeline

  1. 1998VEI 1Observed
    1998-03-30 – end unknown
    Upper east flank
  2. 1997VEI 1Observed
    1997-10-29 – 1997-12-10
    Upper east flank
  3. 1989VEI 1Observed
    1989-04-19 – 1989-04-26
    Upper East flank
  4. 1987VEI 1Observed
    1987-04-25 – end unknown
  5. 1983VEI 1Observed
    1983-04-14 – 1983-04-15
  6. 1974VEI 2Observed
    1974-07-28 – 1974-07-28
    WNW and NNE side of lava dome
  7. 1963VEI 1Observed
    1963-02-14 – end unknown
  8. 1963VEI 1Observed
    1963-07-10 – 1963-09-30
  9. 1962VEI 1Observed
    1962-03-14 – 1962-03-14
  10. 1949VEI 2Observed
    1949-02-05 – 1949-09-13
    NE-SW fissures, both sides of summit
  11. 1854VEI ?Observed
    1854-07-02 – end unknown
    NW flank
  12. 1852VEI 2Observed
    1852-11-01 – 1853-05-16
    NW flank
  13. 1773VEI 3Observed
    1773 – end unknown
  14. 1361VEI 3Observed
    1361 – end unknown
  15. 989VEI ?Observed
    989 – end unknown
  16. 887VEI 4Observed
    887 – end unknown
  17. 813VEI ?Observed
    813 – end unknown
  18. 700 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    700 BCE – end unknown
  19. 1750 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    1750 BCE – end unknown
  20. 1900 BCE (±1050 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1900 BCE – end unknown

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