The 2.5 x 3.5 km island of Aogashima, seen here from the SE, is located in the central Izu Islands. It is has steep cliffs on all sides and contains a small 1.5 x 1.7 km caldera. Two cones were formed inside the caldera during the latest eruption from 1780 to 1785.

Photo by Richard Fiske (Smithsonian Institution).

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Keywords: island volcano | caldera

Aogashima