Hokkaido Koma-ga-take explained

Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake
Other Name:北海道駒ヶ岳
Elevation M:1131
Map:Japan Hokkaido
Label Position:right
Listing:List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
List of volcanoes in Japan
Language:Japanese
Location:Hokkaidō, Japan
Coordinates:42.0633°N 140.6772°W
Topo:Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 駒ヶ岳
50000:1 室蘭
Type:stratovolcano
Age:Quaternary
Volcanic Arc/Belt:Northeastern Japan Arc
Last Eruption:September to November 2000

, also,, or just is a andesitic stratovolcano[1] on the border between Mori, Shikabe, and Nanae, all within the Oshima Subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan.

Occurrence of volcanic activity started some 30,000 years ago. Following roughly 5,000 years of dormancy, volcanic activity at Mount Koma-ga-take restarted in 1640,[2] triggering the Kan'ei Great Famine. Since then, there have been at least 50 recorded volcanic events at Mount Koma-ga-take.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: HOKKAIDO KOMA-GA-TAKE. 2006. Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2009-06-22. dead. https://archive.today/20121219044618/http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/187.htm. 2012-12-19.
  2. Takahashi. Ryo . March 2022. Mineralogical and geochemical investigations for subvolcanic hydrothermal alteration environments at an active volcano: An example of Hokkaido-Komagatake volcano, Japan. . 423. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107497 . 2022JVGR..42307497T . 246616567 . January 10, 2024.
  3. 神沼克伊,小山悦郎 日本の火山を科学する 日本列島津々浦々、あなたの身近にある108の活火山とは? ソフトバンククリエイティブ 2011. .