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Minakami volcano

Lava dome 659 m / 2162 ft
Honshu, Japan, 36.55°N / 138.23°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Minakami volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene) No recent earthquakes
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation

Background:

Minakami-yama lava dome was active about 0.3 million years ago (Nakano et al., 2001-) and is a post-caldera dome of Matsushiro volcano.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information


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