Japan · Stratovolcano
Mount Osore
Osorezan
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 878m
- Last eruption
- 1787
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 878m
- Coordinates
- 41.279, 141.120
- Last eruption
- 1787
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Osorezan, on the Shimokita Peninsula in northernmost Honshu, contains a 5-km-wide caldera partly occupied by a shallow lake that drains through the N caldera wall.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Osore is the name of a Buddhist temple and folk religion pilgrimage destination in the center of remote Shimokita Peninsula of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The temple is located in the caldera of an active volcano and is believed in Japanese mythology to be one of the gates to the underworld.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1787 – 1787
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1787VEI ?Observed1787 – end unknown
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