also known as Mount Iwo, is an active rhyolitic lava dome on Iōjima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It sits within the borders of the town of Mishima.
The mountain is made up of non-alkali felsic rock and pyroclasitic flows.
References
VolcanoWorld - Kikai, Kyūshū, Japan S. Hamasaki, Volcanic-related alteration and geochemistry of Iwodake volcano, Satsuma-Iwojima, Kyushu, SW Japan, Earth Planets Space, pp 217–229, 2002, Tsukuba, Research Center for Deep Geological Environments, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST,
External links Satsuma-Iojima - Japan Meteorological Agency - Japan Meteorological Agency Satsuma-iojima - Geological Survey of Japan Kikai - Geological Survey of Japan