Volcanodle
Puzzle #41 was Aogashima.
The small 2.5 x 3.5 km dominantly basaltic island of Aogashima is surrounded by steep cliffs and contains a small 1.7 x 1.5-km-wide caldera. Two pyroclastic cones were formed inside the caldera during the latest eruption from 1780 to 1785. Growth of the volcano began with construction of the Kurosaki stratovolcano in the NW part of the island, after which the main stratovolcano began growing in the SE.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 41 ran on 19 Aug 2026 and the answer was Aogashima, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Japan; Region - Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions; Type - stratovolcano; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - <500; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - basalt; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 4; Holocene eruptions recorded - 7 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
- <500
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- basalt
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 4
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 7 eruptions