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Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan, Japanese: [ɸɯꜜ(d)ʑisaɴ] ⓘ) is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft 3 in). It is the tallest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra ...
Last eruption. 20 October 2021 - Present. Mount Aso (阿蘇山, Aso-san) or Aso Volcano is the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest in the world. Common use relates often only to the somma volcano in the center of Aso Caldera. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu.
Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan - Geological Survey of Japan; Volcano on Google Map - Geological Survey of Japan; The National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency; 日本の主な山岳標高 (Elevation of Principal Mountains in Japan) - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (in Japanese)
Sakurajima (Japanese: 桜島, lit. ' Cherry Blossom Island') is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. [2] The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsula. [3] It is the most active volcano in Japan.
Mount Asama (浅間山, Asama-yama) is an active complex volcano in central Honshū, the main island of Japan.The volcano is the most active on Honshū. [3] The Japan Meteorological Agency classifies Mount Asama as rank A. [4] It stands 2,568 metres (8,425 ft) above sea level on the border of Gunma and Nagano prefectures. [5]
Enkū in the 1680s [3] Mount Norikura (乗鞍岳, Norikura-dake) is a potentially active volcano located on the borders of Gifu and Nagano prefectures in Japan. It is part of the Hida Mountains and is listed among the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains [4] and the New 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. [5]
First ascent. Taichō in 717. Mount Haku (白山, Haku-san, "White Mountain"), or Mount Hakusan (commonly referred to as simply Hakusan), is a dormant stratovolcano in Japan. It is located on the borders of Gifu and Ishikawa, on the island of Honshu. Mount Haku is thought [2] to have first been active 300,000 to 400,000 years ago, with the most ...
Mount Mihara. Izu Ōshima, Japan. Geology. Mountain type. Stratovolcano with summit caldera. Last eruption. October 1990. Mount Mihara (三原山, Mihara-yama) is an active volcano on the Japanese isle of Izu Ōshima. Although the volcano is predominantly basaltic, major eruptions have occurred at intervals of 100–150 years.