Myoko, located in west-central Honshu, has a 3-km-wide caldera that is partially filled by a summit lava dome. Several edifice collapse events at Myoko have produced major debris avalanches that traveled to the E and NE.

Photo by Yukio Hayakawa, 1998 (Gunma University).

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Keywords: stratovolcano | lava dome

Myokosan