Mount Iō (Iōjima)
{{Short description|Active lava dome in Iojima, Kagoshima, Japan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Iō
| other_name = 硫黄岳
| photo = Iojima Kagoshima Japan.jpg
| photo_caption = Aerial view of Iōjima with Mount Iō steaming.(February 2008)
| elevation_m = 703.7
| elevation_ref = [http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html Geographical Survey Institute] map 25000:1 薩摩硫黄島, last access 9 January 2009
| prominence =
| listing = List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
| translation = Sulphur Mountain
| language = Japanese
| location = Iōjima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
| range = Kikai Caldera
| coordinates = {{coord|30|47|35|N|130|18|19|E|type:mountain_region:JP|display=inline,title}}
| topo = Geographical Survey Institute, 25000:1 薩摩硫黄島, 50000:1 開聞岳
| type = Stratovolcano
| age = Holocene
| volcanic_arc = Ryukyu arc
| last_eruption = June 2013
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
File:2015 Satsuma-Iojima Iodake.jpg
{{nihongo|Mount Iō,|硫黄岳|Iō-dake}} also known as 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.{{cite web|url=http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/db084/kihon/kyushu_e.xml|title=Kyushu|year=2007|work=Seamless Digital Geographical Map of Japan|publisher=Geological Survey of Japan AIST|accessdate=2009-01-13}}
References
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- [http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_asia/kikai/kikai.html VolcanoWorld - Kikai, Kyūshū, Japan]
- S. Hamasaki, [http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/2002/5403/54030217.pdf 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,
External links
- [http://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vois/data/fukuoka/508_Satsuma-Iojima/508_index.html Satsuma-Iojima] - Japan Meteorological Agency {{in lang|ja}}
- {{cite web|url= http://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vois/data/tokyo/STOCK/souran_eng/volcanoes/093_satsuma-iojima.pdf |title=Satsuma-Iojima: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan }} - Japan Meteorological Agency
- [https://gbank.gsj.jp/volcano/Act_Vol/satsumaioujima/vr/eindex.html Satsuma-iojima] - Geological Survey of Japan
- [https://gbank.gsj.jp/volcano/Quat_Vol/volcano_data/L01.html Kikai] - Geological Survey of Japan
- {{cite gvp|name=Kikai|vn=282060|access-date=2021-06-24}}
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