Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Bandaisan
5050 BCE · 37.60° N, 140.07° E
Mount Bandai is a stratovolcano located in Inawashiro-town, Bandai-town, and Kitashiobara village, in Yama-Gun, Fukushima prefecture. It is an active stratovolcano located to the north of Lake Inawashiro. Mount Bandai, including the Bandai heights, belongs to the Bandai-Asahi National Park.
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What the records say
- When
- 5050 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 37.60° N, 140.07° E
- Date uncertainty
- year uncertain
- Unit
- HA-1.7 tephra
- Dated by
- Correlation: Tephrochronology
- Volcano number
- 283160
- Eruption number
- 17889
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