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Funagata volcano

Updated: Dec 7, 2023 05:54 GMT - refresh

Stratovolcano(es) 1500 m / 4921 ft
Honshu, Japan, 38.45°N / 140.62°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Funagata volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

The Funagata volcanic complex consists of two basaltic-to-andesitic stratovolcanoes NW of Sendai City. Funagata-yama was active about 0.9-0.5 million years ago and Izumiga-take volcano about 1.5-1.1 million years ago (Nakano et al., 2001-).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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