Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-05659

The dune-like surface in the foreground consists of pyroclastic surge deposits from the 1929 eruption of Komagatake. This 1991 S-flank view shows Kengamine (center), the summit of Komagatake, which is the rim of a large scarp that formed when the summit collapsed to the east (right). Photo by Shinji Takarada, 1991 (Geological Survey of Japan).

The dune-like surface in the foreground consists of pyroclastic surge deposits from the 1929 eruption of Komagatake. This 1991 S-flank view shows Kengamine (center), the summit of Komagatake, which is the rim of a large scarp that formed when the summit collapsed to the east (right).

Photo by Shinji Takarada, 1991 (Geological Survey of Japan).

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Keywords: deposit | landslide scarp

Hokkaido-Komagatake