NATIONAL CATALOGUE
OF THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN JAPAN
(THE FOURTH EDITION, ENGLISH VERSION)
MENU
Active Volcanoes in Introduction
    Hokkaido Region     Front Gallery (PDF, 4.1 MB)
    Tohoku Region     Distribution of Active Volcanoes in Japan (PDF, 3.2 MB)
    Kanto and Chubu Region     Submarine Topographic Map (PDF, 2.6 MB)
    Izu-Bonin Islands     List of Active Volcanoes in Japan (PDF, 111 kB)
    Chugoku Region     Preface (PDF, 60 kB)
    Kyushu and Okinawa Region     Data Criteria (PDF, 1.1 MB)
    Northern Territories     Calderas in Japan (PDF, 2.5 MB)
    Volcanic Fatalities in Japan (PDF, 133 kB)
Postscript
    List of Maps (PDF, 75 kB)
    Acknowledgements (PDF, 46 kB)
Appendix
    List of Active Volcanoes in Japan (PDF, 160 kB)
    List of Volcanic Observation Points (in Japanese)
     (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Reaching active volcanoes from the location map

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In July 2013

ADDENDUM    MENU
Nantaisan (PDF, 2.8 MB)  ・Distribution of Active Volcanoes in Japan (PDF, 1.1 MB)
 ・List of Active Volcanoes in Japan (PDF, 131 kB)
In May 2018

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