Mount Unzen detail
CountryJapan
TypeComplex volcano
Elevation1500 m
Last Eruption1996
About Mount Unzen detail
The 1792 collapse of Mayuyama dome created a tsunami that killed 15,000, Japans worst volcanic disaster. The 1991-1995 eruption produced thousands of pyroclastic flows. The Krafft volcanologists died filming eruption footage here.
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