Volcanodle
Puzzle #3 was Fujisan.
The conical form of Fujisan, Japan's highest and most noted volcano, belies its complex origin. The modern postglacial stratovolcano is constructed above a group of overlapping volcanoes, remnants of which form irregularities on Fuji's profile. Growth of the Younger Fuji volcano began with a period of voluminous lava flows from 11,000 to 8000 years before present (BP), accounting for four-fifths of the volume of the Younger Fuji volcano.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 3 ran on 12 Jul 2026 and the answer was Fujisan, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Japan; Region - Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions; Type - stratovolcano; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 3000-5000; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - basalt; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 5; Holocene eruptions recorded - 67 eruptions.
Volcanodle builds its record from Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (Venzke, E. (ed.), Volcanoes of the World, volcano.si.edu). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: A verbatim excerpt of the volcano's GVP Geological Summary. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Type
- stratovolcano
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 3000-5000
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- basalt
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 5
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 67 eruptions