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Akagi Volcano | John Seach
(Akagi-san)
Honshu, Japan
36.53 N, 139.18 E
summit elevation 1828 m
stratovolcano
Akagi volcano is located in central Honshu, 110 km NNW of Tokyo.
The volcano contains a 3 x 4 km diameter summit caldera with lake Ono in the NE.
Akagi Prefectural Park is located on the volcano.
An eruption of Akagi volcano 24,000 years ago, formed a lava dome, a tuff-ring, and a small explosion crater in the summit crater.
Further Reading
Kobayashi, K. and Nakamura, E., 2001. Geochemical evolution of Akagi volcano, NE Japan: implications for interaction between island-arc magma and lower crust, and generation of isotopically various magmas. Journal of Petrology, 42(12), pp.2303-2331.
Notsu, K., Kita, I. and Yamaguchi, T., 1985. Mantle contamination under Akagi Volcano, Japan, as inferred from combined Sr-O isotope relationships. Geophysical Research Letters, 12(6), pp.365-368.
Akagi Volcano Eruptions
1938?, 1251?, 24,000 years ago