Volcano profile

Japan

Taisetsuzan.

Volcano profile for Taisetsuzan 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
2,291 m
Last documented eruption
1739
Coordinates
43.664°, 142.854°
GVP number
285060

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No current eruption report

Japan

Taisetsuzan

Stratovolcano

Elevation
2,291 m
Last documented eruption
1739
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
43.664°, 142.854°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Kuril Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
285060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Taisetsuzan · Live cameras

Recent images from official volcano observatories.

Taisetsuzan – Visual webcam: Taisetsuzan – 大雪山 忠別湖東, Japan Visual webcam

Taisetsuzan – 大雪山 忠別湖東

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Updated 14 min ago · Last image:

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

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Taisetsuzan · Japan

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
1739Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
550 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1450 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2800 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3200 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed 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.

Taisetsuzan · No current eruption report · 2,291 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Asahikawa AirportJapan · AKJ · RJEC
    32.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Monbetsu AirportJapan · MBE · RJEB
    83.7 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

AsahikawaJapan · 41.1 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