Fuji Volcanic Zone

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The Fuji Volcanic Zone is a major volcanic region in central Japan that encompasses Mount Fuji and surrounding volcanoes formed by complex tectonic interactions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fuji Volcanic Zone canonical 1
Mount Fuji volcanic system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region
volcanic zone
associatedPlate Amur Plate
Okhotsk Plate
Philippine Sea Plate
associatedProcess subduction
climateInfluence orographic precipitation around Mount Fuji
contains Ashitaka volcano
Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
surface form: Fuji Five Lakes area

Hakone volcano
Izu–Tobu volcanic group
Mount Fuji
Tanzawa Mountains
country Japan
dominantRockType basaltic-andesitic
geologicalAge Quaternary
geologicalStudyField tectonics
volcanology
hasEconomicImpact geothermal resources
tourism
hazardType lahars
pyroclastic flows
tephra fall
volcanic eruptions
includes submarine volcanoes near Izu Peninsula
lastMajorEruptionInZone Hōei eruption
surface form: 1707–1708 Hoei eruption of Mount Fuji
locatedIn central Japan
locatedOn Honshu
monitoredBy Geological Survey of Japan
Japan Meteorological Agency
namedAfter Mount Fuji
partOf Japanese island arc system
region Chūbu region
surface form: Chubu region

Kantō region
surface form: Kanto region
relatedTo collision of Izu–Bonin arc with Honshu
riskTo Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED
Tokyo metropolitan area
Yamanashi Prefecture NERFINISHED
seismicActivity high
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
volcanicArc Ryukyu Arc
surface form: Honshu arc

Izu–Bonin Arc
surface form: Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
volcanismType arc volcanism
volcanoDistribution aligned along NE–SW trend

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Fuji isPartOf Fuji Volcanic Zone
Lake Sai locatedOnVolcano Fuji Volcanic Zone
this entity surface form: Mount Fuji volcanic system