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volcano consists of an elongated group of small andesitic
stratovolcanoes and craters arranged along a N-S line above a
ridge crest in the southern part of the Northern Japan Alps. The
3026-m-high andesitic-to-dacitic volcano is the third highest in
Japan and lies at the center of the Norikura volcanic zone
extending from Yake-dake on the north to On-take on the south.
Early eruptions occurred at both the northern and southern ends
of the present-day volcano, forming stratovolcanoes that have
been largely buried by later southward-migrating eruptions.
Norilura-ake was active during the early Holocene, and the last
eruption took place about 2000 years ago."  -Smithsonian Volcano
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