🎳 Mount Kirishima

Japan · Asia · 31.92°N, 130.87°E

The Kirishima Mountains are a 1,700-meter-high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716, and 1717. Augite-hypersthene andesite is the dominant rock type.

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Quick facts

Country	Japan
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	31.92°N, 130.87°E · view on map

Mount Kirishima is located in Japan, in Asia.

More volcanoes in Japan

Abu (volcano) · Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group · Hiruzen · Hiuchigatake · Kurose Hole · Mount Akagi · Mount Akita-Komagatake · Mount Azuma-kofuji · Mount Chōkai · Mount Chūbetsu.

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