Norikura Volcano
Updated: Apr 20, 2024 12:15 GMT -
stratovolcanoes 3026 m / 9,928 ft
Honshu (Japan), 36.1°N / 137.56°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Honshu (Japan), 36.1°N / 137.56°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Norikura volcano (乗鞍岳, Norikura-dake) in central Honshu is the 3rd highest volcano in Japan. It has been last active about 2000 years ago
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Norikura volcano eruptions: ca. 2000 years ago
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Background
from Smithsonian / GVP Norikura volcano information:Norikura volcano consists of an elongated group of small andesitic stratovolcanoes and craters arranged along a N-S line above a ridge crest in the southern part of the Northern Japan Alps. The 3026-m-high andesitic-to-dacitic volcano is the third highest in Japan and lies at the center of the Norikura volcanic zone extending from Yake-dake on the north to On-take on the south. Early eruptions occurred at both the northern and southern ends of the present-day volcano, forming stratovolcanoes that have been largely buried by later southward-migrating eruptions. Norilura-ake was active during the early Holocene, and the last eruption took place about 2000 years ago.