Volcano profile

Japan

Akita-Yakeyama.

Volcano profile for Akita-Yakeyama 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
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,366 m
Last documented eruption
1997
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 2 highest recorded · latest VEI 1 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
39.964°, 140.757°
GVP number
283260

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No current eruption report

Japan

Akita-Yakeyama

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,366 m
Last documented eruption
1997
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
39.964°, 140.757°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
283260
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Live cameras

Akita-Yakeyama · Live cameras

Recent images from official volcano observatories.

Akita-Yakeyama – Visual webcam: Akita-Yakeyama – 秋田焼山 栂森, Japan Visual webcam

Akita-Yakeyama – 秋田焼山 栂森

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Updated 12 min ago · Last image:

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

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Akita-Yakeyama · Japan

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Aug 199716 Aug 19971Confirmed eruption
11 May 199711 May 19971Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1957Not available1Confirmed eruption
16 Feb 1951Not available1?Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1950Not available1Confirmed eruption
30 Aug 19491 Sep 19491Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1948Not available1?Confirmed eruption
16 Sep 1929Not available2Confirmed eruption
23 Sep 1890Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1887Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1867Not available—Confirmed eruption
22 Feb 1678Not available2Confirmed eruption
1390Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1 Nov 807Not available—Uncertain eruption
570Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1250 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Akita-Yakeyama · No current eruption report · 1,366 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Odate Noshiro AirportJapan · ONJ · RJSR
    41.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • Akita AirportJapan · AXT · RJSK
    60.1 kmStraight-line distance
  • Iwate Hanamaki AirportJapan · HNA · RJSI
    67.8 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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

Nearby places

HanawaJapan · 24.6 km

SembokuJapan · 28.3 km

HachimantaiJapan · 32.6 km

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

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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: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC