Nikko-Shiranesan, Japan

Shield volcano · 2,578 m (8,458 ft) · Honshu-Japan

Nikko-Shiranesan is a shield volcano in Japan, 2,578 m (8,458 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1800 to 1899. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Nikko-Shiranesan on the map

Nikko-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: Shield volcano
Elevation: 2,578 m (8,458 ft)
Country: Japan
Region: Honshu-Japan
Summit: 36.799° N, 139.376° E
Last known eruption: 1800 to 1899
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 283140

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.