Iwakisan, Japan

Stratovolcano · 1,625 m (5,331 ft) · Honshu-Japan

Iwakisan is a stratovolcano in Japan, 1,625 m (5,331 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1800 to 1899. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Iwakisan on the map

Iwakisan 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: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 1,625 m (5,331 ft)
Country: Japan
Region: Honshu-Japan
Summit: 40.656° N, 140.303° E
Last known eruption: 1800 to 1899
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 283270

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Iwakisan Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

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.