Ganto-Kamuro volcano

Stratovolcano(es) 1485 m / 4872 ft
Honshu, Japan, 38.2°N / 140.48°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

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Background

Ganto and Kamuro volcanoes form the Kita-Zao (North Zao) volcano group. They were active about 0.4-0.3 million years ago (Nakano et al., 2001-).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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