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Hotaka volcano

Stratovolcano 2158 m / 7080 ft
Honshu, Japan, 36.8°N / 139.14°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Hotaka volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene) No recent earthquakes
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Background:

The andesitic-to-dacitic Hotaka-yama volcano (also known as Joshu-Hotaka) was active about 1.2-1 million years ago (Nakano et al., 2001-).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information


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