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Mount Shiretoko

Shiretoko-Iozan

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1562m
Last eruption
1936
Mount Shiretoko
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Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Japan
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1562m
Coordinates
44.133, 145.161
Last eruption
1936
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Shiretoko-Iozan, one of many Japanese "sulfur mountains," is noted for the extrusion of molten sulfur during eruptions in 1889 and 1936.

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From Wikipedia

Mount Shiretoko is a volcano located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan. The mountain consists of non-alkali mafic rocks and andesite. Mount Shiretoko is in Shari town, in Shari District of Okhotsk Subprefecture.

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Eruption history

7 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
6
Uncertain eruptions
1
Span of confirmed record
850 (±500 yrs) – 1936
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1889, the most recent of 2)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
1
Summary (VEI over time)
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850~959 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1827~1935 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 28501067139316101827

Detailed timeline

  1. 1935VEI 1Observed
    1935-12-16 – 1936-10-16
    NW flank
  2. 1890VEI 1Observed
    1890-06-15 – end unknown
    NW flank
  3. 1889VEI 2Observed
    1889-08-09 – 1889-10-07
    NW flank
  4. 1880VEI ?Method not stated
    1880-11-24 – 1880-11-26
  5. 1876VEI 2Observed
    1876-09-23 – 1876-09-26
    NW flank
  6. 1857VEI ?Observed
    1857-07-02 – 1858-07-02
  7. 850 (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    850 – end unknown

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