Mt. Fuji is a 3.6-km-high stratovolcano in Japan formed as aconsequence of subduction. Find it using Google Earth atLatitude 35°21″46.72″ N, Longitude 138°43″49.38″ E. Why doandesites erupt here? Very little andesite occurs on the MarianaIslands. Why?

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