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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-02210

This view shows large areas of hydrothermally altered ground at the Jigokudani ("Valley of Hell") thermal area of Kuttara volcano. Jigokudani is a 300-500 m crater that formed on the W flank of Kuttara.  Photo by Tom Simkin, 1981 (Smithsonian Institution).

This view shows large areas of hydrothermally altered ground at the Jigokudani ("Valley of Hell") thermal area of Kuttara volcano. Jigokudani is a 300-500 m crater that formed on the W flank of Kuttara.

Photo by Tom Simkin, 1981 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Keywords: outcrop | stratigraphy | geology | hydrothermal alteration


Kuttara