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Izu-Tobu
Large range of volcanoes on the island of Honshu, Japan
Large range of volcanoes on the island of Honshu, Japan
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Izu-Tobu |
| other_name | Izu-Tobu volcano field |
| native_name | ja |
| photo | Mount Ōmuro 20120218 b.jpg |
| photo_size | 240 |
| photo_caption | Mount Ōmuro, a symbolic pyroclastic cone of the Izu-Tobu volcano field |
| coordinates | |
| location | Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| map | Japan#Japan Shizuoka Prefecture |
| type | Pyroclastic cones |
| last_eruption | July 1989 |
Izu-Tobu is a large, dominantly basaltic range of volcanoes on the east side of the Izu Peninsula which lies on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu in Japan. The field covers a total area of 400 km2. The only recorded activity was a submarine phreatic eruption, between the city of Ito and Hatsushima island, that lasted for just 10 minutes in 1989. Ito, home to 74,000 people, is known for its hot springs.
Morphology
The field covers the east side of the Izu Peninsula. It consists of several small stratovolcanoes (mostly Pleistocene in age) and overlapping pyroclastic cones, which covers 400 km2 in area. There are 70 young monogenetic volcanoes on land. Kawagodaira maar, which is about 3,000 years old, produced a large Holocene eruption that sent pyroclastic flows over a wide area.
Eruptions
1989 eruption
The only recorded eruption was an event on 13 July 1989. Two earthquakes, on 30 June and 9 July took, place on the Izu-Tobu Volcano. On 13 July, a seismometer recorded seismicity, a research vessel, the RV Takuyo reported hearing an explosion sound from the sea floor followed by a 30-second vibration at 18:33 pm. At 18:40 pm the crew reported that the sea domed up 500 m from the vessel, then a grey-black plume rose from the area, five more domes were reported in the next 5 minutes which caused the ship to vibrate. After that seismicity declined.
This marks the only known eruptive activity at Izu-Tobu. The next day a survey using an unmanned vessel discovered a new cone 100 metres underwater. The cone was around 450 Metres wide with a summit crater 200 m in diameter. The height of the cone above the sea floor was only 10 m in height.
The University of Tokyo monitors Izu-Tobu 24 hours a day.
Distinct cones
| Image | Name | Location | url=http://sk01.ed.shizuoka.ac.jp/koyama/public_html/Welcome.html | title=Shizuoka University – Masato Koyama's website | access-date=2012-04-27 | archive-date=2020-05-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511024444/http://sk01.ed.shizuoka.ac.jp/koyama/public_html/Welcome.html | url-status=dead }} | Height | Eruption | Coordinates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Mount Omuro (Izu Peninsula) 20100426.jpg | 100px]] | Mount Ōmuro | ||||||||||
| (大室山) | Itō | Cinder cone | Lava flow formed the Jōgasaki coast. | |||||||||
| [[File:Mount Komuro (Izu-Tobu volcano field) 20100425 (a).jpg | 100px]] | |||||||||||
| (Right) | Mount Komuro | |||||||||||
| (小室山) | Itō | Cinder cone | ||||||||||
| [[File:Gthumb.svg | 50px]] | Mount Io | ||||||||||
| (伊雄山) | Itō | Cinder cone | ||||||||||
| [[File:Mount Tōgasa 20120401.jpg | 100px]] | Mount Tōgasa | ||||||||||
| (遠笠山) | Izu and | |||||||||||
| Higashizu | Cinder cone | Oldest volcano in Izu-Tobu volcano field | ||||||||||
| [[File:Gthumb.svg | 50px]] | Kawagodaira | ||||||||||
| (皮子平) | Izu | Volcanic crater | ||||||||||
| [[File:Mount Maruno 20120424.jpg | 100px]] | Mount Maruno | ||||||||||
| (丸野山) | Izu | Cinder cone | ||||||||||
| [[File:Mount Sukumo 20120127.jpg | 100px]] | Mount Sukumo | ||||||||||
| (巣雲山) | Izu | Cinder cone | ||||||||||
| [[File:Mount Hachikubo 20120413.jpg | 100px]] | Mount Hachikubo | ||||||||||
| (鉢窪山) | Izu | Cinder cone | Lava flow from Mount Hachikubo formed Jōren Falls. | |||||||||
| [[File:Gthumb.svg | 50px]] | |||||||||||
| Mount Maru | ||||||||||||
| (丸山) | Izu | Cinder cone | ||||||||||
| [[File:Mount Takatsuka 20120127.jpg | 100px]] | Mount Takatsuka | ||||||||||
| (高塚山) | Izunokuni | Cinder cone | Cinder cone was halved by quarrying. | |||||||||
| [[File:Mount Hachino 20120401.jpg | 100px]] | Mount Hachino | ||||||||||
| (鉢ノ山) | Kawazu | Cinder cone | ||||||||||
| [[File:Mount Yahazu (Shizuoka) 20100426.jpg | 100px]] | |||||||||||
| (Left) | Mount Yahazu | |||||||||||
| (矢筈山) | Itō | Lava dome | ||||||||||
| [[File:Mount Yahazu (Shizuoka) 20100426.jpg | 100px]] | |||||||||||
| (Right) | Mount Anano | |||||||||||
| (孔ノ山) | Itō | Lava dome | ||||||||||
| [[File:Gthumb.svg | 50px]] | Mount Iwano | ||||||||||
| (岩ノ山) | Izu | Lava dome | ||||||||||
| [[File:Ippekiko Lake.jpg | 100px]] | Ippeki lake | ||||||||||
| (一碧湖) | Itō | Maar | Surface elevation | |||||||||
| 185 m | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Jōgasaki Coast 01.jpg | 100px]] | Jōgasaki coast | ||||||||||
| Itō | Lava flow | - | ||||||||||
| This coast was mostly formed by lava flow from Mount Ōmuro. | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Teishi Knoll 4th eruption 02.jpg | 100px]] | Teishi knoll | ||||||||||
| (手石海丘) | Sagami Sea (off Itō) | Volcanic crater | Youngest volcano in Izu-Tobu volcano field. Eruption video by Japan Coast Guard |
References
References
- "Shizuoka University – Masato Koyama's website".
- [http://sk01.ed.shizuoka.ac.jp/koyama/public_html/Izu/Izushin/daichi/daichi.html Izu Shimbun newspaper article "伊豆の大地の物語"]
- 環境省自然環境局生物多様性センター [http://www.biodic.go.jp/reports/2-22/2-22.pdf 1980年の第2回自然環境保全基礎調査 陸水域関係調査報告書 （湖沼） 全国版] PDF
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