Akita-Yakeyama, Japan

Complex volcano · 1,366 m (4,482 ft) · Honshu-Japan

Akita-Yakeyama is a complex volcano in Japan, 1,366 m (4,482 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records 2 significant eruptions here, which killed 4 people where the toll is counted.

Akita-Yakeyama on the map

Akita-Yakeyama and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Complex volcano
Elevation: 1,366 m (4,482 ft)
Country: Japan
Region: Honshu-Japan
Summit: 39.964° N, 140.757° E
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 283260

Significant eruptions

2 on record, newest first.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.