What type of Volcano is Mount Fuji in Japan?
Mount Fuji is a strato volcano, and it last erupted in 1707. Facts about strato volcanoes (you probs don’t want to know any of this but you know, someone might): Out of all the volcanoes in the world Strato volcanoes make up 60% of them. These volcanoes have explosive eruptions- this is because the lava inside is more viscous and this allows gas pressure to build up to high levels resulting in explosive eruptions. What comes out of lava is usually about 50% lava and 50% material like ash. Strato volcanoes are sometimes known, more commonly, as composite volcanoes because the things that come out of the volcano build up the layers of the volcano itself! The lava from the volcano barely flows; instead it piles up to form volcanic domes. Some examples of Strato volcanoes are Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Pinatubo, Merapi, Galeras and Cotopaxi.
