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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. [4] The Japan Meteorological Agency classifies Mount Asama as rank A. [5] It stands 2,568 metres (8,425 ft) above sea level on the border of Gunma and Nagano prefectures. [6]
2021 2021 Semeru eruption: 64 Mount Merapi: 2 Indonesia: 1994 [35] 63 Mount Ontake: 3 Japan: 2014 2014 Mount Ontake eruption: 58 Sakurajima: 4 Japan: 1914 [36] 57 Mount St. Helens: 5 United States: 1980 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens: 56 Mount Etna: 2 Italy: 1843 [6] 56 La Soufrière: 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1812 [37] 50 Mount ...
Last eruption Abu Volcano Group ... Mount Asama: 2544: 8340: AD 2019 ... Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan - Geological Survey of Japan; Volcano on Google Map ...
Japan 2021 16 Submarine volcano approximately 1,300 km south of Tokyo. In October, a large amount of pumice was seen to have been released in this eruption, and washed ashore on Okinawa and Amami Islands. [22] [23] [24] 4 La Soufrière [25] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2021 16 0.3 2021 eruption of La Soufrière: 4 Taal [26] Philippines 2020 ...
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 centre of Aso Caldera. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu.
Illustration of the eruption of Mt. Asama. Mount Asama erupted in 1783, causing widespread damage. [14] [15] [16] The three-month-long Plinian eruption that began on 9 May 1783, produced andesitic pumice falls, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, and enlarged the cone. The climactic eruption began on 4 August and lasted for 15 hours, [17] and contained
Mt.Asama seen from Karuizawa. Karuizawa is located in eastern Nagano Prefecture, bordered by Gunma Prefecture to the north, east and south. The town is located on an elevated plain at the foot of Mount Asama, one of Japan's most active volcanoes. The mountain is classed as a Category A active volcano.
These giant calderas are remnants of past eruptions. Mount Aso is the largest active volcano in Japan. 300,000 to 90,000 years ago, there were four eruptions of Mount Aso that emitted huge amounts of volcanic ash that covered all of Kyushu and up to Yamaguchi Prefecture.