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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)
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]
Mount Tarumae (樽前山, Tarumae-zan) is located in the Shikotsu-Toya National Park in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is located near both Tomakomai and Chitose towns and can be seen clearly from both. It is on the shores of Lake Shikotsu, a caldera lake. Tarumae is a 1,041 metre active andesitic stratovolcano, with a lava dome.
It is the most active volcano in Japan. [67] During the 2013 eruption southeast of Nishinoshima, a new, unnamed volcanic island emerged from the sea. [68] Erosion and shifting sands caused the new island to merge with Nishinoshima. [69] [70] A 1911 survey determined the caldera was 107 m (351 ft) at its deepest. [71]
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.
The Zaō Mountains (蔵王連峰, Zaō Renpō), commonly called Mount Zaō, are a complex cluster of stratovolcanoes on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The central volcano of the group includes several lava domes and a tuff cone , Goshiki-dake, which contains a crater lake named " Okama ".
1792: Mount Unzen, Japan Mount Unzen is a group of overlapping active volcanoes. In 1792, an eruption caused enormous landslides that engulfed the city of Shimabara before falling into the sea.
Mount Kamui (カムイヌプリ, Kamui-nupuri [1]), also Kamuinupuri or Mount Mashū, a potentially active volcano, is a parasitic stratovolcano of the Mashū caldera (itself originally a parasitic cone of Lake Kussharo) [2] [3] [4] located in the Akan National Park of Hokkaido, Japan. Mount Kamui rising above Lake Mashū.