Volcanoes in Japan
Japan is located at the junction of 4 tectonic plates - the Pacific, Philippine, Eurasian and North American plates, and its volcanoes are mainly located on 5 subduction-zone related volcanic arcs where the Pacific Plate descends under the North American Plate along the Kuril Trench and the Japan Trench and underneath the Philippine Sea Plate along the Izu-Bonin Trench. The Philippine Plate itself subducts beneath the Eurasian Plate at the western end, forming the Ryukyu Trench. The principal resulting volcanic ars are: - Ryukyu Arc and Southwest Honshu Arcs in the south (Philippine plate subducting beneath between the Eurasian Plate), - Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc (subduction of Pacific plate beneath Philippine plate) - Northeast Honshu and Kurile Arc in the north (subduction of Pacific plate beneath the N-American plate) The image above is an active volcano in Aira, Japan. The primary volcano type is Caldera. The last known eruption happened this year. It's latitude is 31.5