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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Bandaisan
Akahaniyama to the right is one of several cones that form Bandaisan, seen here above rice fields N of Lake Inawashiro. The forested ridge in the left foreground is part of an earlier Pleistocene debris avalanche deposit. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1988 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
283160
Volcano Name:
Bandaisan
Country:
Japan
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:
1888 CE
Elevation:
1816m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
5923
Pop. within 10km:
17608
Pop. within 30km:
327454
Pop. within 100km:
4709782
Latitude:
37.601
Longitude:
140.072
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One of Japan's most noted volcanoes, Bandaisan rises above the north shore of Lake Inawashiro. This complex is formed of several overlapping andesitic stratovolcanoes, the largest of which is Obandai. Kobandaisan peak, which collapsed in 1888, was formed about 50,000 years ago. Obandai was constructed about 40,000 years ago after a Plinian eruption resulted in the collapse of an older edifice and the Okinajima debris avalanche to the SW. The last magmatic eruption took place more than 25,000 years ago, but four major phreatic eruptions have occurred during the past 5,000 years, most recently in 806 and 1888 CE. Seen from the south, Bandaisan presents a conical profile, but much of the north side of the volcano is missing as a result of the collapse of Kobandaisan during the 1888 eruption, causing a debris avalanche that buried several villages and formed several large lakes.
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