Volcano profile

Taiwan

Kueishantao.

Volcano profile for Kueishantao in Taiwan, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
361 m
Last documented eruption
1853
Coordinates
24.841°, 121.953°
GVP number
281031

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No current eruption report

Taiwan

Kueishantao

Stratovolcano

Elevation
361 m
Last documented eruption
1853
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
24.841°, 121.953°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Ryukyu Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
281031
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Kueishantao · Taiwan

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
29 Oct 185316 Nov 1853?2Confirmed eruption
1785Uncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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Kueishantao · No current eruption report · 361 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Taipei Songshan International AirportTaiwan · TSA · RCSS
    47.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • Taiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · TPE · RCTP
    77.2 kmStraight-line distance
  • Hualien Chiashan AirportTaiwan · HUN · RCYU
    97.1 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

Nuclear power plants

  • Kuosheng nuclear power plantTaiwanPermanently shut downReactor units at site: 2
    49.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Jinshan nuclear power plantTaiwanPermanently shut downReactor units at site: 2
    61.4 kmStraight-line distance

Source: Global Energy Monitor · Global Nuclear Power Tracker · Dataset date: 2026-08

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

YilanTaiwan · 22.2 km

KeelungTaiwan · 38.7 km

Xizhi DistrictTaiwan · 38.7 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

Eruption reportedGreat SitkinUnited StatesStratovolcano · 1,740 m

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Oct 5, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC