Volcano profile

Japan

Ontakesan.

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

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Volcanic complex
Elevation
3,067 m
Last documented eruption
2014
Coordinates
35.8931°, 137.4806°
GVP number
283040

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No current eruption report

Japan

Ontakesan

Volcanic complex

Elevation
3,067 m
Last documented eruption
2014
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
35.8931°, 137.4806°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Nankai Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
283040
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Ontakesan · Live cameras

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Ontakesan – Visual webcam: Ontakesan – 御嶽山 三岳黒沢, Japan Visual webcam

Ontakesan – 御嶽山 三岳黒沢

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Updated 17 min ago · Last image:

Source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)License: Public Data License 1.0

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Profile

Ontakesan · Japan

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
27 Sep 201414 Oct 20143Confirmed eruption
24 Mar 2007Not available0Confirmed eruption
13 May 199116 May 19910Confirmed eruption
28 Oct 197925 Apr 19802Confirmed eruption
774Not available—Uncertain eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

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

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Ontakesan · No current eruption report · 3,067 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Shinshu-Matsumoto AirportJapan · MMJ · RJAF
    50.1 kmStraight-line distance
  • Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air BaseJapan · NKM · RJNA
    86.9 kmStraight-line distance
  • Toyama Kitokito AirportJapan · TOY · RJNT
    88.0 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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

Nearby places

GeroJapan · 24.6 km

TakayamaJapan · 33.8 km

InaJapan · 43.3 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC