Volcano list
Akuseki-jima
(stratovolcanoes 584 m/ 1,916 ft)Although no direct date e... [more info]
Io-Torishima
(complex volcano 212 m / 696 ft)Records of historical eruptions dating back to 1664 have consisted of mild-to-moderate explosive activity. Iwo... [more info]
Iriomote-jima
(submarine volcano -200 m / -656 ft)Iriomote-jima island is the southernmost in the chain of the Ryuku Islands which still belong to Japan. It is located almost 1000 km SSW of Japan's main island Honshu and only 200... [more info]
Kikai
(caldera 704 m / 2,310 ft)Satsuma-Iojima (or Tokara Iojima), a portion of the mostly subme... [more info]
Kogaja-jima
(stratovolcano 301 m / 988 ft)It contains andesitic lava domes and it is not known if the volcano is still to be considered active or not, i.e. if there have been eruptions in the past 10,000 years.
Its na... [more info]
Kuchinoerabu-jima
(stratovolcanoes 657 m / 2,155 ft)All historic activity which consisted in frequent explosions recorded since 1840... [more info]
Kuchinoshima
(stratovolcano 628 m / 2,060 ft)Nakano-shima
(stratovolcanoes 979 m / 3,212 ft)The island is surrounded by coral reefs, but unlike older extinct ocean islands that sink and form reefs Nakano-shima's volcano ... [more info]
Suwanose-jima
(stratovolcano 799 m/ 2,621 ft)The volcano forms the 8 km long spindle-shaped island of the same name in northern Ryuku Islands, Japan. T... [more info]
Tokara Hirase
(Unknown 27 m / 89 ft)Yokoate-jima
(stratovolcanoes 495 m / 1,624 ft)The only known historic eruption was in the first half of the 19th century. [more info]