Towada

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Towada is a stratovolcano with a summit caldera. Six Holocene eruptions have been dated by carbon-14 and tephrochronology. Three of these eruptions (7550BC, 6650BC, and 3440 BC) were very large (at least VEI=5). The only historic eruption, in 915 AD, was explosive, very large, and generated pyroclastic flows. It also produced a dome and lava flows. The eruption caused damage but not fatalities. This photo shows the view across the lake that fills the caldera.

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Views along the caldera wall.

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Views along the caldera wall.

Sources of Information:

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.