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Mount Shiga
Shield volcano · 2,041 m · Japan
Mount Shiga sits on the Okhotsk Plate, in a subduction zone.
- Elevation
- 2,041 m
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Tectonic Setting
- Subduction zone, continental crust
- Dominant Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Last Eruption
- unknown
Nearby Cities
Cities of more than 20,000 people within 100 km.
- 31 kmNagano594,000 people
- 59 kmMaebashi345,000 people
- 70 kmMatsumoto225,000 people
- 90 kmNagaoka195,000 people
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata