Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Hiuchigatake
6050 BCE · 36.95° N, 139.28° E
Mount Hiuchi, also Hiuchigatake is a 2,356 m-tall (7,730 ft) stratovolcano in Oze National Park, and located in Hinoemata Village, Minami-Aizu gun, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. This is the highest mountain in Tōhoku region. The volcano rises in the north of Lake Ozenuma. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.
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What the records say
- When
- 6050 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 36.95° N, 139.28° E
- Date uncertainty
- year uncertain
- Vent
- Akanagure lava dome
- Dated by
- Correlation: Tephrochronology
- Volcano number
- 283131
- Eruption number
- 17846
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