Japan · Stratovolcano
Mount Rausu
Rausudake
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1660m
- Last eruption
- 1800
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1660m
- Coordinates
- 44.076, 145.122
- Last eruption
- 1800
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Rausudake is an andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcano with summit lava domes on the Shiretoko Peninsula in NE Hokkaido.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Rausu is a stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits on the border between the towns of Shari and Rausu. Mount Rausu is the northeasternmost Holocene volcano on Hokkaidō. It is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.
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Eruption history
5 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 5
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 270 BCE (±100 yrs) – 1800
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 4 (550)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1800 (±50 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate1800-07-02 – end unknown
- 1350 (±100 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate1350 – end unknown
- 550 (±100 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate550 – end unknown
- 80 (±50 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate80 – end unknownSW flank (Tencho-zan)
- 270 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate270 BCE – end unknown
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