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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Fujisan
Fuji contains a 700-m-wide crater at the summit of the modern cone that is constructed over a group of overlapping volcanoes. The diagonal line to the lower right is a road that extends to the timberline on the N flank. Photo by Tom Pierson, 1995 (U.S. Geological Survey).
Volcano Number:
283030
Volcano Name:
Fujisan
Country:
Japan
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:
1708 CE
Elevation:
3776m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
570
Pop. within 10km:
1759
Pop. within 30km:
906969
Pop. within 100km:
25022187
Latitude:
35.361
Longitude:
138.728
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The conical form of Fujisan, Japan's highest and most noted volcano, belies its complex origin. The modern postglacial stratovolcano is constructed above a group of overlapping volcanoes, remnants of which form irregularities on Fuji's profile. Growth of the Younger Fuji volcano began with a period of voluminous lava flows from 11,000 to 8000 years before present (BP), accounting for four-fifths of the volume of the Younger Fuji volcano. Minor explosive eruptions dominated activity from 8000 to 4500 BP, with another period of major lava flows occurring from 4500 to 3000 BP. Subsequently, intermittent major explosive eruptions occurred, with subordinate lava flows and small pyroclastic flows. Summit eruptions dominated from 3000 to 2000 BP, after which flank vents were active. The extensive basaltic lava flows from the summit and some of the more than 100 flank cones and vents blocked drainages against the Tertiary Misaka Mountains on the north side of the volcano, forming the Fuji Five Lakes, popular resort destinations. The last confirmed eruption of this dominantly basaltic volcano in 1707 was Fuji's largest during historical time. It deposited ash on Edo (Tokyo) and formed a large new crater on the east flank.
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