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Mount Iō (硫黄山 Iō-zan) also Mount Iwo is an active andesitic stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaidō Japan. It sits within the borders of the town of Shari. Mount Iō is known for erupting liquid sulphur in the eruptions of 1889 and 1936. Mount Iō literally means sulphur mountain.

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elevation (μ)
1562.0
eruption date
1936-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
located in area
Japan, Hokkaido
mountain range
Shiretoko Peninsula
National Topographic System map number
50000:1 羅臼, Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 硫黄山
prominence (μ)
243.0
type
Stratovolcano
latitude
44.1333
longitude
145.161

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