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Towada Volcano | John Seach
Honshu, Japan
40.47 N, 140.92 E
summit elevation 1159 m
stratovolcano
Lake Towada is Japan's largest caldera lake.
The lake is 400 m above sea level and the rim reaches 1000 m.
A second caldera at the volcano is 2 km wide (Nakanoumi).
Lake Towada is located in Towada-Hachimantai National Park,
which occupies a mountainous area on the border between the two Prefectures, Aomori and Akita.
Further Reading
Ishimura, D. and Hiramine, R., 2020. Proximal–distal fall deposit correlation of VEI-5 tephra (Towada-Chuseri) from Towada volcano, northeast Japan. Journal of Quaternary Science, 35(1-2), pp.334-348.
Hayakawa, Y., 1985. Pyroclastic geology of Towada volcano. Bull. Earthq. Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo, 60, pp.507-592.
Taniguchi, H., 1972. Petrological study on Towada volcano. The Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists, 67(4), pp.128-138.
Towada Volcano Eruptions
Eruption of Towada in 915 AD