Kita-Fukutokutai volcano
Updated: Jun 2, 2023 02:04 GMT -
submarine volcano -73 m / -239 ft
Volcano Islands (Japan), 24.41°N / 141.42°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Volcano Islands (Japan), 24.41°N / 141.42°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Kita-Fukutokutai is a newly recognized active submarine volcano halfway between Iwo-jima and Minami-Iwo-jima islands, ca. 1300 km south of Tokyo.
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Kita-Fukutokutai volcano eruptions: 2001 (?), 1988 (?), 1959 (?), 1953, 1947 (?), 1937 (?)
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No recent earthquakesBackground
The volcano rises to 73 m below the sea surface. Water discoloration was reported several times beginning in 1937, and floating pumice was seen in 1953-54. In 1988 a fishing boat reported an eruption column about 100 m high, although the report was not confirmed at the time. The Japan Meteorological Agency, which has responsibility for the oversight of Japanese volcanoes, has classified Kita-Fukutokutai as an active volcano.(from: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information)
Kita-Fukutokutai Photos
Snake-eyed Skink (ablepharus kitaibelii) from the Makrylongos high plain on Methana. (Photo: Tobias Schorr) |
See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 | NASA FIRMS
