Kuchinoshima, Japan

Stratovolcanoes · 628 m (2,060 ft) · Ryukyu Is

Kuchinoshima is a stratovolcanoes in Japan, 628 m (2,060 ft) high. Its last known eruption: aD 1 to 1499. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Kuchinoshima on the map

Kuchinoshima 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: Stratovolcanoes
Elevation: 628 m (2,060 ft)
Country: Japan
Region: Ryukyu Is
Summit: 29.968° N, 129.926° E
Last known eruption: AD 1 to 1499
Holocene activity known from: Radiocarbon
Smithsonian volcano number: 282043

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.

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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.