Rishirizan (Japan)

Status Unknown Eruption -5830 1721m
Stratovolcano (Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km))

Rishirizan

Rishirizan is a highly dissected andesitic stratovolcano that forms a 20-km-wide island west of the northern tip of Hokkaido. Extensive erosion has produced an extremely rugged topography, with a dramatic sharp-topped, summit flanked by steep-sided radial ridges. A stratovolcano and flank lava domes were constructed beginning less than 200,000 years ago. After about 37,000 years ago only flank vents were active. Late-stage eruptions took place from scoria cones and maars along a 15-km-long NW-SE trend that extends to the SE coast. Flank eruptions were dominantly basaltic, but also included andesitic and rhyolitic activity. Extensive lava flows during the late Pleistocene form much of the northern and western coasts and extend offshore. The latest eruptions took place a few thousand years ago.

Rishiri volcano is a highly dissected stratovolcano that forms an island off the NW tip of Hokkaido. The composite cone (center) and flank scoria cones (middle ground) are mirrored on the surface of a maar on the lower south flank. The stratovolcano was constructed during the Pleistocene. Scoria cones and maars on the lower flanks erupted 30,000-8,000 years ago.

Photo by Yoshihiro Ishizuka, 1993 (Hokkaido University).

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

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