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Mount Nikkō-Shirane

Nikko-Shiranesan

Type
Shield volcano
Elevation
2578m
Last eruption
1952
Mount Nikkō-Shirane
Photo: Kenlo Nasahara · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Shield volcano
Country
Japan
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2578m
Coordinates
36.799, 139.376
Last eruption
1952
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Shield
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Nikko-Shiranesan is a relatively small, 2578-m-high andesitic volcano consisting of a group of four lava domes resting on a shield volcano that rises to the NW of scenic Lake Chuzenji in Nikko National Park.

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From Wikipedia

Mount Nikkō-Shirane is a stratovolcano in the Nikkō National Park in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. It stands at 2,578 m high. It is the highest mountain in north eastern Japan. Its peak is a Lava dome of andesite. Mt Nikkō-Shirane is listed in the 100 famous mountains in Japan proposed by Kyuya Fukada and also of one of the famous mountains of Tochigi and Gunma prefectures respectively.

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Eruption history

12 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
11
Uncertain eruptions
1
Span of confirmed record
4150 BCE (±200 yrs) – 1952
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 3 (1625)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
1
Summary (VEI over time)
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4150 BCE~3947 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?2116 BCE~1913 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?489 BCE~285 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?732~935 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1545~1749 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31749~1952 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 24150 BCE2726 BCE1099 BCE3251749

Detailed timeline

  1. 1952VEI 2Observed
    1952-07-16 – 1952-09-16
    Shirane-san
  2. 1890VEI 1Observed
    1890-08-22 – end unknown
    Shirane-san
  3. 1889VEI 1Observed
    1889-12-04 – end unknown
    Shirane-san (west flank)
  4. 1873VEI 1Observed
    1873-03-12 – end unknown
    Shirane-san
  5. 1872VEI 2Observed
    1872-05-14 – end unknown
    Shirane-san (SW flank)
  6. 1871VEI ?Method not stated
    1871-04-16 – end unknown
    Shirane-san
  7. 1649VEI 2Observed
    1649-02 – end unknown
    Shirane-san
  8. 1625VEI 3Observed
    1625 – end unknown
    Shirane-san
  9. 800VEI ?Geological estimate
    800 – end unknown
  10. 400 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    400 BCE – end unknown
  11. 2000 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    2000 BCE – end unknown
  12. 4150 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    4150 BCE – end unknown

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