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Ontake-san volcano (Honshu, Japan) activity update: steaming, low seismic activity
Thursday, Dec 18, 2014
White steam plumes were observed during the past week. JMA reports seismic activity remained low, but maintains alert level 3, as sudden phreatic explosions could occur again. [more]
Ontake-san volcano (Honshu, Japan) activity update
Friday, Nov 14, 2014
JMA reported that cloud cover often prevented visual observations of Ontakesan during 5-11 November; white plumes rose 200-300 m above the crater rim and drifted NE, E, and SE. ... [more]
 

Ontake-san Volcano Photos

complex volcano 3063 m / 10,049 ft
Honshu, Japan, 35.89°N / 137.48°E
View over the active crater of Suwanose-jima volcano, Mt Ontake volcano (view to the NE) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View over the active crater of Suwanose-jima volcano, Mt Ontake volcano (view to the NE) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Excursion to Suwanose-jima volcano (Tokara Islands, Japan) - photos from the IAVCEI 2013 field trip A3
View over the crater of Mt Ontake volcano on Suwanose-jima; Nakano-jima island in the background to the NE. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View over the crater of Mt Ontake volcano on Suwanose-jima; Nakano-jima island in the background to the NE. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Excursion to Suwanose-jima volcano (Tokara Islands, Japan) - photos from the IAVCEI 2013 field trip A3
View of the crest of the island's volcano, Mt Ontake (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View of the crest of the island's volcano, Mt Ontake (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Excursion to Suwanose-jima volcano (Tokara Islands, Japan) - photos from the IAVCEI 2013 field trip A3
View of Mt Ontake stratovolcano of Nakano-jima volcano, Suwanose-jima's neighbor to the northeast. A gas plume can be seen rising from the summit crater, suggesting the volcano is active. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View of Mt Ontake stratovolcano of Nakano-jima volcano, Suwanose-jima's neighbor to the northeast. A gas plume can be seen rising from the summit crater, suggesting the v...
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image found in: Excursion to Suwanose-jima volcano (Tokara Islands, Japan) - photos from the IAVCEI 2013 field trip A3
Zoom onto a vent inside the crater of Ontake mountain (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Zoom onto a vent inside the crater of Ontake mountain (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Excursion to Suwanose-jima volcano (Tokara Islands, Japan) - photos from the IAVCEI 2013 field trip A3
 

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