How much volcano is a volcano?
How much volcano is a volcano?
Mount Fuji's volcanic edifice is on the order of 160 million Olympic-pool reference volumes.
Using an approximate volcanic volume of about 400 km³ and our 2,500 m³ pool reference.
Approximate calculated comparison
How certain is this?
The 400 km³ edifice volume is an approximate estimate, not an exact figure.
Sources
- Mount Fuji edifice volume ≈400 km³ — Scholarly volcanological literature
Keep going
- When a mountain becomes a volume problemMount St. Helens' 1980 debris avalanche was about one million Olympic-pool reference volumes.
- Same amountOur Olympic-size pool reference equals about 5.3 million Starbucks Grandes.
- Same amountAbout 2.1 million 40-oz Stanley capacities equal our Olympic-size pool reference.
- Measurement trapAn “Olympic-size pool” doesn’t have one universal exact volume.
- Things in thingsAbout 1.3 million.
- Wait, what?A container packed with ping-pong balls can still be about 36% empty.