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Akita-Yakeyama

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1366m
Last eruption
1997
Akita-Yakeyama
Photo: らんで · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Japan
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1366m
Coordinates
39.964, 140.757
Last eruption
1997
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

One of several Japanese volcanoes named Yakeyama ("Burning Mountain"), Akita-Yakeyama is the most recently active of a group of coalescing edifices in NW Honshu immediately west of Hachimantai volcano.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Akita-Yake-Yama is a small stratovolcano in Akita Prefecture, Japan, that is known for its radioactive waters. A small parasitic lava dome is located four kilometers from the volcano.

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Eruption history

17 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
16
Uncertain eruptions
1
Span of confirmed record
3050 BCE – 1997
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1929, the most recent of 4)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
8
Summary (VEI over time)
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3050 BCE~2856 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1303 BCE~1109 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?444~638 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?638~832 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1221~1415 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1609~1803 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21803~1997 · 11 eruptions · max VEI 23050 BCE1885 BCE526 BCE6381803

Detailed timeline

  1. 1997VEI 1Observed
    1997-05-11 – 1997-05-11
    NE flank (Sumikawa-Onsen)
  2. 1997VEI 1Observed
    1997-08-16 – 1997-08-16
    Kare-numa
  3. 1957VEI 1Observed
    1957-07-02 – end unknown
  4. 1951VEI 1Observed
    1951-02-16 – end unknown
    Kare-numa
  5. 1950VEI 1Observed
    1950-07-02 – end unknown
    Kare-numa
  6. 1949VEI 1Observed
    1949-08-30 – 1949-09-01
    Kare-numa
  7. 1948VEI 1Observed
    1948-07-02 – end unknown
    Kare-numa
  8. 1929VEI 2Observed
    1929-09-16 – end unknown
  9. 1890VEI 2Observed
    1890-09-23 – end unknown
  10. 1887VEI 2Observed
    1887-07-02 – end unknown
    Karenuma
  11. 1867VEI ?Observed
    1867-07-02 – end unknown
  12. 1678VEI 2Observed
    1678-02-22 – end unknown
    Karenuma
  13. 1390 (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1390 – end unknown
  14. 807VEI ?Method not stated
    807-11-01 – end unknown
  15. 570VEI ?Geological estimate
    570 – end unknown
  16. 1250 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1250 BCE – end unknown
  17. 3050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    3050 BCE – end unknown
    Onigajo lava dome

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