Kaitoku Seamount (Japan)

Status Unknown Eruption 1984 -95m
Submarine (Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown)

A submarine eruption was observed in 1984 from Kaitoku Seamount (Kaitoku Kaizan), a three-peaked submarine volcano 130 km NNW of Kita-Iojima. A submarine eruption had previously been reported in 1543 from a point about 40 km to the SW, which the Japan Meteorological Agency attributes to Kaitoku.

Last updated 2019-08-04 00:28:03