is a
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with ...
on the border of
Nagano and
Niigata prefectures in central
Honshū
, historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian ...
,
Japan
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. It is about from
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...
. It was active between 200,000 and 800,000 years ago.
It is primarily made of
andesite
Andesite () is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition. In a general sense, it is the intermediate type between silica-poor basalt and silica-rich rhyolite. It is fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic in texture, and is composed predomina ...
.
It is one of the
.
File:Naeba Volcano Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg, Relief map of Naeba Volcano.
File:Naebayama2.JPG, Naeba Volcano seen from the east.
File:Moor of Mt. Naeba in the late autumn 2016.jpg, The wetland area of Mount Naeba.
See also
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List of volcanoes in Japan
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Japan. An Orange background indicates a volcano considered active by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Hokkaido
Honshū
Izu Islands
Ogasawara Archipelago
The Ogasawara Archipelago ...
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List of mountains in Japan
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
References
External links
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Naeba San- Geological Survey of Japan
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Mountains of Nagano Prefecture
Mountains of Niigata Prefecture
Stratovolcanoes of Japan
Volcanoes of Nagano Prefecture
Volcanoes of Niigata Prefecture
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
Volcanoes of Honshū