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Kuchinoshima

Stratovulcano · Japan · 628 m

The center peak is the Maedake lava dome that rises above the E coast of Kuchinoshima and forms the high point of the island. The flat-topped Yokodake peak is to the upper right. Kuchinoshima lies in the northern Ryukyu Islands between the volcanic islands of Nakanoshima and Kuchinoerabujima.
The center peak is the Maedake lava dome that rises above the E coast of Kuchinoshima and forms the high point of the island. The flat-topped Yokodake peak is to the upper right. Kuchinoshima lies in the northern Ryukyu Islands between the volcanic islands of Nakanoshima and Kuchinoerabujima. · Foto: Copyrighted photo by Shun Nakano, 2005 (Japanese Quaternary Volcanoes database, RIODB, http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/index.htm and Geol Surv Japan, AIST, http://www.gsj.jp/). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Stratovulcano
Paese
Japan
Regione
Pacifico occidentale / Ryukyu Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
628 m
Coordinate
29.968, 129.926
Ultima eruzione
1190
Contesto tettonico
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Forma vulcanica
Composite
Roccia principale
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Sintesi geologica

Kuchinoshima, lying in the northern Ryukyu Islands between the volcanic islands of Nakanoshima and Kuchinoerabujima, consists of two andesitic stratovolcanoes and a NW-SE-trending chain of lava domes. Two small villages, Nishinohama and Kuchinoshima, lie at the northern end of the mostly uninhabited island. The compound 628-m-high Maedake lava dome, forming the highest point on the 3 x 7 km wide island, was constructed east of the summit of 501-m-high Yokodake stratovolcano. The last magmatic eruption took place about 1200-1300 years ago.

Storia delle eruzioni

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6750 BCE~6485 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?927 BCE~663 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?661~925 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?925~1190 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?6750 BCE4897 BCE2780 BCE927 BCE925

Cronologia dettagliata

  1. 1190 (±40 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    1190 – In corso
  2. 750 (±50 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    750 – In corso
  3. 900 a.C.VEI ?Stima geologica
    BCE 900 – In corso
  4. 6750 a.C. (±50 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    BCE 6750 – In corso
    Yoko-dake, Mae-dake

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