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List of Volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia Page 1 of 8 List of volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 1 of 8 List of volcanoes in Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also: List of volcanoes This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Japan. Contents ■ 1 Hokkaidō ■ 2 Honshū ■ 3 Izu Islands ■ 4 Kyūshū ■ 5 Ryukyu Islands ■ 6 Other ■ 7 References ■ 7.1 Notes ■ 7.2 Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan 4/7/2011 List of volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 2 of 8 Hokkaidō Elevation Elevation Last eruption Name Coordinates (m) (ft) Mount Meakan 1499 4916 43.38°N 144.02°E 2006 Mount Asahi (Daisetsuzan) 2290 7513 43.661°N 142.858°E 1739 Mount E 618 2028 41.802°N 141.170°E 1874 Hokkaidō Komagatake 1131 3711 42.061°N 140.681°E 2000 Kutcharo 1000 3278 43.55°N 144.43°E - Lake Kuttara 581 1906 42.489°N 141.163°E - Lake Mashū 855 2805 43.570°N 144.565°E - Nigorigawa 356 1168 42.12°N 140.45°E Pleistocene Nipesotsu-Maruyama Volcanic 2013 6604 43.453°N 143.036°E 1899 Group Niseko 1154 3786 42.88°N 140.63°E 4050 BC Oshima 737 2418 41.50°N 139.37°E 1790 Mount Rausu 1660 5446 44.073°N 145.126°E 1880 Mount Rishiri 1721 5646 45.18°N 141.25°E 5830 BC Shikaribetsu Volcanic Group 1430 4692 43.312°N 143.096°E Holocene Lake Shikotsu 1320 4331 42.70°N 141.33°E 1981 44°14′09″N Mount Shiretoko 1254 4114 145°16′26″E Mount Iō (Shiretoko) 1563 5128 44.131°N 145.165°E 1936 Shiribetsu 1107 3632 42.767°N 140.916°E Holocene Showashinzan 731 2400 42.5°N 140.8°E 1945 Mount Tokachi 2077 6814 43.416°N 142.690°E 1989 42°41′24″N Mount Tarumae 1041 3415 1982 141°22′41″E Mount Usu 737 2418 42.53°N 140.83°E 2001 Mount Yōtei 1898 6227 42.767°N 140.916°E Holocene http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan 4/7/2011 List of volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 3 of 8 Honshū http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan 4/7/2011 List of volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 4 of 8 Elevation Elevation Name Coordinates Last eruption (m) (ft) Abu (volcano) 571 - 34.50°N 131.60°E - Mount Adatara 1718 5635 37.62°N 140.28°E 1990 Mount Akagi 1828 5997 36.53°N 139.18°E - Akita-Komaga-Take 1637 5371 39.75°N 140.80°E 1971 Akita-Yake-Yama 1366 4482 39.97°N 140.77°E 1997 Mount Asama 2544 8340 36.24°N 138.31°E 2009 Mount Azuma 1705 5594 37.73°N 140.25°E 1977 Mount Bandai 1819 5968 37.60°N 140.08°E 1888 Mount Chōkai 2237 7326 39.08°N 140.03°E 1974 Mount Fuji 3776 12,388 35.358°N 138.731°E 1707 Hachimantai 1614 5295 39.95°N 140.85°E - Hakkōda Mountains 1585 5200 40.656°N 140.881°E 1997 Mount Hakone 1438 4720 35.22°N 139.02°E 950 BC ± 100 years Mount Haku 2702 8865 36.15°N 136.78°E 1659 Mount Haruna 1449 4754 36.47°N 138.88°E 550 ± 10 years Hijiori 516 1693 38.606°N 140.178°E 8300 BC ± 1000 years Hiuchi 2346 7730 36.95°N 139.28°E 1544 Iwaki 1625 5331 40.65°N 140.30°E 1863 Iwate 2041 6696 39.850°N 141.004°E 1919 Izu-Tobu 1406 4613 34.92°N 139.12°E 1989 Kanpu 355 1165 39.93°N 139.88°E 750 BC Kurikoma 1628 5341 38.95°N 140.78°E 1950 Mount Kusatsu-Shirane 2160 7123 36.63°N 138.55°E 1989 Megata 291 955 39.95°N 139.73°E 2050 BC Mount Mutsuhiuchi 781 2562 41.43°N 141.07°E Pleistocene Mount Myōkō 2446 8025 36.88°N 138.12°E 2360 BC ± 150 years Mount Nantai 2484 8148 36.77°N 139.50°E - Narugo 462 1542 38.73°N 140.73°E 837 Mount Nasu 1917 6283 37.12°N 139.97°E 1963 Mount Niigatayake 2400 7874 36.92°N 138.03°E 1998 Mount Nikkō-Shirane 2578 8458 36.8°N 139.4°E 1890 Mount Norikura 3026 9928 36.12°N 137.55°E 6870 BC ± 500 years Numazawa 1100 3609 37.43°N 139.58°E 2980 BC ± 150 years Oki-Dogo 151 495 36.17°N 133.33°E - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan 4/7/2011 List of volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 5 of 8 Omanago Group 2367 7766 36.78°N 139.50°E - Mount Ontake 3063 10,049 35.890°N 137.48°E 1980 Mount Osore 879 2884 41.32°N 141.08°E 1787 Sanbe Group 1126 3694 35.13°N 132.62°E 1760 BC ± 150 years Shiga 2036 6696 36.70°N 138.52°E - Takahara 1795 5889 36.90°N 139.78°E 4570 BC Mount Tate 2621 8599 36.57°N 137.60°E 1858 Mount Tateshina 2530 8300 36.10°N 138.30°E - Towada 1159 3802 40.47°N 140.92°E 915 Washiba-Kumontaira 2924 9593 36.408°N 137.594°E 4000 BC Mount Yake 2455 8054 36.224°N 138.590°E 1995 Mount Zaō 1841 6040 38.15°N 140.45°E 1940 Izu Islands Elevation Elevation Name Coordinates Last eruption (m) (ft) Aogashima 423 1388 32.45°N 139.77°E 1785 Bayonnaise Rocks 11 36 31.88°N 139.92°E 1970 Hachijojima 854 2802 33.13°N 139.77°E 1707 Kozushima 574 1877 34.22°N 139.15°E 838 Kurose Hole -107 -351 33.40°N 139.68°E - Mikurajima 851 2792 33.871°N 139.605°E 3450 BC Miyakejima 813 2674 34°04′43″N 139°31′46″E 2005 Myōjin-shō 360 1181 32°6′0″N 139°51′0″E- Niijima 432 1417 34.37°N 139.27°E 886 Oshima 758 2507 34.72°N 139.38°E 1990 Toshima 508 1667 34.52°N 139.28°E 4050 BC Torishima 403 1293 30.48°N 140.32°E 2002 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan 4/7/2011 List of volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 6 of 8 Kyūshū Elevation Elevation Coordinates Name Last eruption (m) (ft) 32.881°N Mount Aso 1592 5223 2004 131.106°E 32.653°N Fukuejima 317 1040 550 BC 128.861°E Ibusuki 31.22°N Volcanic 922 3025 885 130.57°E Field Mount 31.931°N 2011[1] (http://bigthink.com/ideas/26666) [2] 1700 5577 Kirishima 130.864°E (http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye4635683.html) 33.083°N Mount Kuju 1791 5876 1996 131.251°E 31.585°N Sakurajima 1117 3665 2009 130.657°E 31.54°N Shinmoedake 1412 4662 2011 130.53°E Sumiyoshi- 31.768°N 100 328 4550 BC Ike 130.594°E Mount 33.28°N 1584 5197 867 Tsurumi 131.432°E 32.757°N Mount Unzen 1500 4921 1996 130.294°E Ryukyu Islands Note: In English, Ryukyu Islands refers to all the southwest island of Japan, while the term has a more specific meaning in Japanese. See Ryukyu Islands for details. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan 4/7/2011 List of volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 7 of 8 Elevation Elevation Name Coordinates Last eruption (m) (ft) Akusekijima 586 1923 29.45°N 129.60°E - Gaja Island - - - - Iriomotejima -200 -656 24.558°N 124.00°E 1924 Iōtorishima 212 696 27.877°N 128.224°E 1968 Kikai Caldera 704 2310 30.789°N 130.308°E 2004 Kuchinshima - - - - Kuchinoerabujima 649 2129 30.43°N 130.22°E 1999 Kogajajima 301 988 29.879°N 129.625°E - Mount O, Nakanoshima 979 3212 29.85°N 129.87°E 1949 Suwanosejima 799 2621 29.53°N 129.72°E 2007 Yokoatejima 495 1624 29.53°N 129.72°E 1835 ± 30 years Other Elevation Elevation Name Coordinates Last eruption (m) (ft) Fukujin -217 -712 21.93°N 143.47°E 1974 Fukutoku-Okanoba -14 -46 24.28°N 141.485°E 2005 Iwo Jima 161 528 24.28°N 141.52°E 1997 Kaitoku Seamount -103 -338 26.122°N 141.102°E 1984 Kita-Fukutokutai -73 -239 24.414°N 141.419°E 1954 Kasuga Seamount -598 -1962 21.765°N 143.710°E 1959 Kita-Iwojima 792 2598 25.43°N 141.23°E 1953 Minami-Hiyoshi -30 -98 23.497°N 141.940°E 1975 Minami Kasuga -170 -558 21.60°N 143.637°E - Nikko- -391 -1283 23.075°N 143.308°E - Nishinoshima 38 125 27.274°N 140.882°E 1974 Oyama 815 2674 34.079°N 139.529°E 2005 References Notes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan 4/7/2011 List of volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 8 of 8 Sources ■ Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/). (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/) ■ (Japanese) 火山データベースWEB版 (http://www.geo.chs.nihon-u.ac.jp/tchiba/volcano/kaz- table.htm) ■ (English) VolcanoWorld Volcano Index (http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/sorted_by_country.html) ■ (English) Quaternary Volcanoes in Japan (http://riodb.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/index.htm) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan" Categories: Lists of volcanoes | Volcanoes of Japan ■ This page was last modified on 14 March 2011 at 03:42.
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