Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Akita-Komagatake
5950 BCE · 39.76° N, 140.80° E
Akita-Komagatake is an active stratovolcano located 10 km east of Tazawa Lake, near the border between Akita and Iwate prefectures on Honshu Island. The volcano last erupted from 18 September 1970 to 25 January 1971.
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What the records say
- When
- 5950 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 39.76° N, 140.80° E
- Vei
- 3
- Date uncertainty
- ± 200 years
- Unit
- AK-6 tephra
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
- Volcano number
- 283230
- Eruption number
- 18042
Mount Akita-Komagatake
Active volcano on the island of Honshu in Japan
Akita-Komagatake is an active stratovolcano located 10 km east of Tazawa Lake, near the border between Akita and Iwate prefectures on Honshu Island. The volcano last erupted from 18 September 1970 to 25 January 1971. It is the highest mountain in Akita Prefecture and the second highest in Towada-Hachimantai National Park.
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The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page