Kusatsu-Shiranesan, Japan

Stratovolcano · 2,165 m (7,103 ft) · Honshu-Japan

Kusatsu-Shiranesan is a stratovolcano in Japan, 2,165 m (7,103 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records 4 significant eruptions here, which killed 12 people where the toll is counted.

Kusatsu-Shiranesan on the map

Kusatsu-Shiranesan 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: 2,165 m (7,103 ft)
Country: Japan
Region: Honshu-Japan
Summit: 36.618° N, 138.528° E
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 283120

Significant eruptions

4 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.