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Report on Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba (Japan) — April 1991


Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba

Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 16, no. 4 (April 1991)
Managing Editor: Lindsay McClelland.

Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba (Japan) Water discoloration during one of five overflights

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 1991. Report on Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba (Japan) (McClelland, L., ed.). Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 16:4. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199104-284130



Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba

Japan

24.285°N, 141.481°E; summit elev. -29 m

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)


A blue water discoloration, extending 2 km E-W, was observed during a 6 February overflight by the JMSA. Overflights on 18 January, 12 March, 15 April, and 10 May revealed no abnormal water.

Geological Summary. Fukutoku-Oka-no-ba is a submarine volcano located 5 km NE of the island of Minami-Ioto. Water discoloration is frequently observed, and several ephemeral islands have formed in the 20th century. The first of these formed Shin-Ioto ("New Sulfur Island") in 1904, and the most recent island was formed in 1986. The volcano is part of an elongated edifice with two major topographic highs trending NNW-SSE, and is a trachyandesitic volcano geochemically similar to Ioto.

Information Contacts: JMA.