Sumisujima, Japan

Submarine volcano · 136 m (446 ft) · Izu Is-Japan

Sumisujima is a submarine volcano in Japan, 136 m (446 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1900 to 1963. NOAA records 5 significant eruptions here.

Sumisujima on the map

Sumisujima 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: 136 m (446 ft)
Country: Japan
Region: Izu Is-Japan
Summit: 31.440° N, 140.051° E
Last known eruption: 1900 to 1963
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 284080

Significant eruptions

5 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.