Lake Unagi Explained

Lake Unagi
Location:Kyūshū island
Coords:31.8167°N 130.4667°W
Type:maar lake
Basin Countries:Japan
Area:120ha[1]
Depth:56.5m (185.4feet)[2]
Shore:4.2km (02.6miles)
Elevation:120m (390feet)
Pushpin Map:Japan
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Lake Unagi in Japan.

is a Japanese maar lake associated with an eruptive vent line extending towards the sea from the parent volcano Ikeda Caldera which contains .

Geography

It is located within the city limits of Ibusuki, Kagoshima on Kyūshū island, Japan, and there are associated hot springs.[3]

Geology

Lake Unagi is within the larger and older Ata Caldera and technically its water fills in Unagi maar. Shortly after the Ikeda Caldera forming eruption of 4800 years ago[4] a fissure vent line southeast of the caldera evolved that produced the maar eruption that formed Lake Unagi and then the pumiceous Yamagawa base surge.[5] Ikezoko maar is more proximal in the vent line from the Ikeda Caldera to the north. Narikawa maar is to the south, between Unagi maar and the Yamagawa maar which is partially backfilled by the sea.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 鰻湖 . Japanese wikipedia. 2022-10-02 .
  2. Web site: Lake Unagi . 2022-10-02. www.inspirock.com.
  3. Web site: Lake Unagi Area . 2022-10-02.
  4. Mitsuru . Okuno. Chronological study on widespread tephra and volcanic stratigraphy of the past 100,000 years . The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan . 125 . 1 . 41–53 . 2019-04-15 . 1349-9963 . 10.5575/geosoc.2018.0069 . free .
  5. Hirohito . Inakura . Hideto . Naruo . Mitsuru . Okuno . Tetsuo . Kobayashi. Eruptive History of Ikeda Volcano, Ibusuki Area, Southern Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan. 2014. 59 . 4 . 255–268. 0453-4360 . 10.18940/kazan.59.4_255 .