Volcano profile

Japan

Iwakisan.

Volcano profile for Iwakisan 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
1,624 m
Last documented eruption
1863
Coordinates
40.656°, 140.303°
GVP number
283270

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No current eruption report

Japan

Iwakisan

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,624 m
Last documented eruption
1863
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
40.656°, 140.303°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
283270
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Iwakisan · Live cameras

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Iwakisan – Visual webcam: Iwakisan – 岩木山 百沢東, Japan Visual webcam

Iwakisan – 岩木山 百沢東

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

Profile

Iwakisan · Japan

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
23 Mar 1863Not available1Confirmed eruption
20 May 1856Not available2Uncertain eruption
18 Jan 1848Not available2Uncertain eruption
4 Apr 1845Not available2Confirmed eruption
7 Apr 1844Not available2Confirmed eruption
11 Apr 1833Not available2Uncertain eruption
31 Mar 1807Not available2Uncertain eruption
11 May 1800Not available2Uncertain 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.

Iwakisan · No current eruption report · 1,624 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Aomori AirportJapan · AOJ · RJSA
    33.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Odate Noshiro AirportJapan · ONJ · RJSR
    51.9 kmStraight-line distance
  • Misawa Airport / Misawa Air BaseJapan · MSJ · RJSM
    90.0 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

HirosakiJapan · 15.9 km

TsugaruJapan · 18.4 km

ShimokizukuriJapan · 18.8 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

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC