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Tazawa Volcano

Updated: Mar 28, 2024 09:37 GMT -
Caldera(?) 249 m / 817 ft
Honshu, Japan, 39.72°N / 140.67°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Tazawa volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

Tazawa was considered to be a late-Pleistocene caldera (Japan Assoc. Quat. Res. 1987), however Nakano et al. (2001-) noted that it is uncertain whether the depression was formed by volcanic activity. The elevation listed is that of the surface of Tazawa lake.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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