Mount Iwo

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Mount Iwo
硫黄山
Elevation 1,562.0 metres (5,124.7 ft)[1]
Location Hokkaidō, Japan
Coordinates 44°07′60″N 145°09′40″E / 44.13333, 145.16111 [2]
Topo map Geographical Survey Institute, 25000:1 硫黄山, 50000:1 羅臼
Type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt Kuril arc [3]
Last eruption 1936
Listing List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Translation Sulphur Mountain (Japanese)

Mount Iwo (硫黄山 Iou-zan?) is an active andesitic volcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits within the borders of the town of Shari. Mount Iwo is known for erupting liquid sulphur in the eruptions of 1889 and 1936.[4] Mount Iwo literally means, sulphur mountain.

[edit] History of eruptions

Mount Iwo has erupted at the following times:[5]

  1. 850 AD ± 500 years
  2. 1857–1858
  3. 23–26 September 1876
  4. 24–26 November 1880
  5. 9–26 August 1889
  6. 15 June 1890–unknown
  7. Decembeber 1935–October 1936

[edit] References

  1. ^ Geographical Survey Institute map 25000:1 硫黄山, last access May 23 2008
  2. ^ Geographical Survey Institute map 25000:1 硫黄山, last access May 23 2008
  3. ^ Paul Hunt, Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails, pg 201
  4. ^ Global Volcanism Program, article on Mount Iwo, last access 23 May 2008
  5. ^ Global Volcanism Program, article on Mount Iwo, last access 23 May 2008
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