Japan · Stratovolcano
Nipesotsu-Maruyama Volcanic Group
Maruyama
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1692m
- Last eruption
- 1898
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1692m
- Coordinates
- 43.418, 143.031
- Last eruption
- 1898
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The Nipesotsu-Maruyama volcano group, located west of Nukabira Lake about 20 km E of Tokachidake volcano, is composed of a number of overlapping andesitic-to-rhyolitic stratovolcanoes and lava domes constructed along a NW-SE trend.
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Nipesotsu-Maruyama is a volcanic group situated in Hokkaidō, Japan.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1700 BCE – 1898
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1898, the most recent of 2)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1898VEI 2Observed1898-12-03 – 1898-12-06Maru-yama (No. 1 crater)
- 1700 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate1700 BCE – end unknownMaru-yama
Nearby volcanoes
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