Maedake lava dome is the highest point on Kuchinoshima and formed during the last magmatic eruption on the island between the 8th and 13th centuries.

Copyrighted photo by Shun Nakano, 2005 (Japanese Quaternary Volcanoes database, RIODB, http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/index.htm and Geol Surv Japan, AIST, http://www.gsj.jp/).

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Keywords: lava dome

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