Volcanodle
Puzzle #73 was Toshima.
The small 2 x 2.4 km island of Toshima is located in the northern Izu Islands south of Izu-Oshima Island about 20 km W of the main volcanic front. Steep cliffs up to 300 m high ring the basaltic to basaltic andesite island on three sides. The summit is asymmetrically located opposite the more gentle slopes of the northern side of the island, where the village of Toshima is located.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 73 ran on 20 Sep 2026 and the answer was Toshima, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Japan; Region - Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions; Type - stratovolcano; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 500-1500; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - basalt; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 0; Holocene eruptions recorded - 1 eruption.
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
- 500-1500
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- basalt
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 0
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 1 eruption