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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)
They lie south of the Ogasawara Islands and belong to the municipality of Ogasawara, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. [1] [2] The islands are all active volcanoes lying atop the Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc that stretches south to the Marianas. They have an area of 32.55 square kilometres (12.57 sq mi), and a population of 380.
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 highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra ...
' 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. [4]
Map of Torishima by Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese) Yamashina Research Institute page on Torishima with photos (in Japanese) Entry at Oceandots.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010) Tori-shima Location and description of island and volcano.
Iotourishima is located 65 km west of Tokunoshima Island. On exceptionally clear days, Iōtorishima can be seen from the west coast of Tokunoshima. The 2.50 km 2 [2] large island consists of two interconnected volcanoes made from andesite. The southern Gusuku kazan (グスク火山, "Castle Volcano") is a lava dome located in the center of the ...
Niseko Volcanic Group is a volcanic group of active stratovolcanoes and lava domes situated in Hokkaidō, Japan. The volcanoes are younger than 400,000 years. The last eruption was 6,000 to 7,000 years ago. Today Iwaonupuri shows fumarolic activity. [2]
Nishinoshima (Japanese: 西之島, "western island") is a volcanic island located around 940 km (584 mi) south-southeast of Tokyo that is part of the Volcano Islands arc. . Nishinoshima is located about 130 km to the west of the nearest inhabited Ogasawara islands, Chichijima Island, hence the name; the other Ogasawara island groups are aligned more to the north–