Akagi Vulkan ist ein breites Schichtvulkan im zentralen Honshu, 110 km NNW von Tokio. Es ist Teil der Akagi Präfektur Par.The Vulkan enthält eine 3 x 4 km Durchmesser Caldera enthält See Ono in der ne Es ist ungewiss, ob der Vulkan in den vergangenen 2000 Jahren brach hat. Berichte über mögliche Tätigkeit im neunten Jahrhundert, 1251 und 1938 gelten als unzuverlässig.

from: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information



The broad, low dominantly andesitic Akagi volcano rises above the northern end of the Kanto Plain. It contains an elliptical, 3 x 4 km summit caldera with post-caldera lava domes arranged along a NW-SE line. Lake Ono is located at the NE end of the caldera. An older stratovolcano was partially destroyed by edifice collapse, producing a debris-avalanche deposit along the south flank. A series of large plinian eruptions accompanied growth of a second stratovolcano during the Pleistocene. Construction of the central cone in the late-Pleistocene summit caldera began following the last of the plinian eruptions about 31,000 years ago. During historical time unusual activity was recorded on several occasions during the 9th century, but reported eruptions in 1251 and 1938 are considered uncertain.