Volcanoes of Japan

Kaikata Seamount, Japan

Submarine volcano · -165 m (-541 ft) · Volcano Is-Japan

Kaikata Seamount is a submarine volcano in Japan, -165 m (-541 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Kaikata Seamount on the map

Kaikata Seamount 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
Submarine volcano
Elevation
-165 m (-541 ft)
Country
Japan
Region
Volcano Is-Japan
Summit
26.667° N, 140.929° E
Last known eruption
Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from
Fumarolic
Smithsonian volcano number
284097

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 Kaikata SeamountVolcanic 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.