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Yakedake

Stratovolcano · Japan · 2455m

Yakedake rises above Kamikochi resort in the Northern Japan Alps, seen here from Taishoike pond to its ENE. It contains a 300-m-wide crater at the summit and craters are found on the SE and N flanks. Frequent small-to-moderate phreatic eruptions have occurred during the 20th century from both summit and flank vents. An eruption in 1915 produced a lahar that created Taishoike pond and killed the trees in the foreground.
Yakedake rises above Kamikochi resort in the Northern Japan Alps, seen here from Taishoike pond to its ENE. It contains a 300-m-wide crater at the summit and craters are found on the SE and N flanks. Frequent small-to-moderate phreatic eruptions have occurred during the 20th century from both summit and flank vents. An eruption in 1915 produced a lahar that created Taishoike pond and killed the trees in the foreground. · Photo: Photo by Lee Siebert, 1977 (Smithsonian Institution). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Japan
Region
Western Pacific Volcanic Regions / Nankai Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2455m
Coordinates
36.227, 137.587
Last eruption
1995
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

Yakedake rises above the popular resort of Kamikochi in the Northern Japan Alps. The small dominantly andesitic stratovolcano, one of several Japanese volcanoes named Yakedake or Yakeyama ("Burning Peak" or "Burning Mountain"), was constructed astride a N-S-trending ridge between the older volcanoes of Warudaniyama and Shirataniyama. Akandanayama, about 4 km SSW, is a stratovolcano with lava domes that was active into the Holocene. A 300-m-wide crater is located at the summit, and explosion craters are found on the SE and N flanks. Frequent small-to-moderate phreatic eruptions have occurred during the 20th century. On 11 February 1995 a hydrothermal explosion in a geothermal area killed two people at a highway construction site.

From Wikipedia

Mount Yake literally, "Burning mountain" is an active volcano in the Hida Mountains, lying between Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, and Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, reaching 2,455 m (8,054 ft) at the highest peak.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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7450 BCE~7135 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 02727 BCE~2413 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01153 BCE~838 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?524 BCE~209 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 4421~736 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21051~1365 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1365~1680 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 31680~1995 · 27 eruptions · max VEI 27450 BCE5246 BCE2727 BCE524 BCE1680

Detailed timeline

  1. 1995VEI 1Observed
    1995-02-11 – 1995-02-11
    SE flank (Azusa-gawa)
  2. 1962VEI 2Observed
    1962-06-17 – 1963-06-29
    North flank (Kurodani and Nakao-toge)
  3. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-06-04 – 1939-06-04
  4. 1935VEI 2Observed
    1935-09-11 – 1935-11-12
  5. 1932VEI 2Observed
    1932-02-06 – 1932-02-06
  6. 1931VEI 2Observed
    1931-03-26 – 1931-06-24
  7. 1930VEI 2Observed
    1930-03-13 – 1930-05-11
    Inkyo-ko
  8. 1929VEI 2Observed
    1929-04-17 – 1929-04-19
    Summit (Inkyo-ko), NW flank (Kurodani)
  9. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-01-23 – 1927-04-29
    Summit (Inkyo-ko), NW flank (Kurodani)
  10. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-12-15 – 1927-12-15
    Summit (Inkyo-ko), NW flank (Kurodani)
  11. 1924VEI 2Observed
    1924-11-16 – 1926-01-27
    Summit (Inkyo-ko), NW flank (Kurodani)
  12. 1923VEI 2Observed
    1923-06-26 – 1923-08-02
    NW flank (Kurodani Crater), Inkyo-ko
  13. 1922VEI 1Observed
    1922-03-10 – 1922-03-19
    NW flank (Kurodani Crater), Inkyo-ko
  14. 1921VEI ?Observed
    1921 – Ongoing
  15. 1920VEI ?Observed
    1920 – Ongoing
  16. 1919VEI 2Observed
    1919-11-01 – 1919-11-01
    NW flank (Kurodani Crater)
  17. 1918VEI 1Observed
    1918 – Ongoing
    Taisho crater
  18. 1917VEI 1Observed
    1917 – Ongoing
    Taisho Crater
  19. 1916VEI 2Observed
    1916-03-17 – 1916-04-12
    Taisho Crater, Inkyo-ko
  20. 1915VEI 2Observed
    1915-02 – 1915-02
  21. 1915VEI 2Observed
    1915-06-06 – 1915-07-16
    1911 summit crater, SE flank (Taisho)
  22. 1913VEI 2Observed
    1913-09-01 – 1914-01-13
    Inkyo-ko
  23. 1912VEI 2Observed
    1912-02-11 – 1912-09
  24. 1911VEI 2Observed
    1911-05-06 – 1911-08-23
    New summit crater (Inkyo-ko)
  25. 1910VEI 2Observed
    1910-11-11 – 1910-11-30
    Summit crater (Shoga-ike)
  26. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907-12-08 – 1909-06-01
    Summit crater (Shoga-ike)
  27. 1746VEI 2Observed
    1746-04-18 – 1746-04-19
  28. 1585VEI 3Observed
    1585-12 – Ongoing
  29. 1460VEI 2Geological estimate
    1460 – Ongoing
  30. 1440VEI ?Geological estimate
    1440 – Ongoing
  31. 1270VEI ?Geological estimate
    1270 – Ongoing
  32. 686VEI 2Observed
    686 – Ongoing
  33. 630VEI 1Geological estimate
    630 – Ongoing
  34. 350 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 350 – Ongoing
  35. 400 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 400 – Ongoing
  36. 850 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 850 – Ongoing
  37. 2550 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    BCE 2550 – Ongoing
  38. 7450 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    BCE 7450 – Ongoing
    Akandana-yama

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