Mount Iō (Iōjima)
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| Mount Iō | |
|---|---|
| 硫黄岳 | |
 Aerial view of Iōjima with Mount Iō steaming.(February 2008) | |
| Elevation | 703.7 m (2,309 ft)[1] |
| Listing | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
| Translation | Sulphur Mountain (Japanese) |
| Location | |
| Location | Iōjima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Range | Kikai Caldera |
| Coordinates | 30°47′35″N 130°18′19″E / 30.79306°N 130.30528°ECoordinates: 30°47′35″N 130°18′19″E / 30.79306°N 130.30528°E[1] |
| Topo map | Geographical Survey Institute, 25000:1 薩摩硫黄島, 50000:1 開聞岳 |
| Geology | |
| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Age of rock | Holocene |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Ryukyu arc |
| Last eruption | 2013 |
Mount Iō (硫黄岳 Iō-dake) also Mount Iwo is an active rhyolitic lava dome on Iōjima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It sits within the borders of the town of Mishima.
The mountain is made up of non-alkali felsic rock and pyroclasitic flows.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geographical Survey Institute map 25000:1 薩摩硫黄島, last access 9 January 2009
- ↑ "Kyushu". Seamless Digital Geographical Map of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan AIST. 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program - Kikai
- VolcanoWorld - Kikai, Kyūshū, Japan
- Geographical Survey Institute
- S. Hamasaki, Volcanic-related alteration and geochemistry of Iwodake volcano, Satsuma-Iwojima, Kyushu, SW Japan, Earth Planets Space, pp 217–229, 2002, Tsukuba, Research Center for Deep Geological Environments, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST,
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