Japan · Stratovolcano
Tori-shima
Izu-Torishima
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 394m
- Last eruption
- 2002
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Izu Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 394m
- Coordinates
- 30.484, 140.303
- Last eruption
- 2002
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The circular, 2.7-km-wide island of Izu-Torishima in the southern Izu Islands is capped by an unvegetated summit cone formed during an eruption in 1939.
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From Wikipedia
Tori-shima 'Bird Island', or Izu-Torishima 'Bird Island of Izu Province') is an uninhabited Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. The volcanic island is part of the Izu Islands.
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Eruption history
7 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 6
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
- Span of confirmed record
- 1871 – 2002
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 3 (1939, the most recent of 2)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 5
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 2013VEI 2Observed2013-07-06 – 2013-07-06
- 2002VEI 2Observed2002-08-12 – 2002-08-20Iwo-yama
- 1975VEI 2Observed1975-10-02 – end unknown9 km S of Torishima
- 1965VEI 0Observed1965-11-13 – 1965-12-05
- 1939VEI 3Observed1939-08-17 – 1939-12-26North side of 1902 crater (Iwo-yama)
- 1902VEI 3Observed1902-08-07 – 1902-08-24Komochi-yama, N & SW offshore flanks
- 1871VEI 0Observed1871-04-16 – end unknown
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