Mount Kirishima
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,115 metres
- Description: mountain in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kirishima Mounatains”, “Kirishima Volcanoes”, “Kirisima”, and “Mt. Kirishima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Karakuni and Mt. Io.
Mount Karakuni
Peak
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Karakunidake or Mount Karakuni is a volcano in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, Japan. It is part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park.
Shinmoedake
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shinmoedake is a volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan, and a part of the Mount Kirishima cluster of volcanoes. It is believed to have formed between 7,300 and 25,000 years ago.
Mount Kirishima
- Categories: highland, volcanic group, and landform
- Location: Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.93805° or 31° 56′ 17″ northLongitude
130.86151° or 130° 51′ 42″ eastElevation
1,115 metres (3,658 feet)Open location code
8Q3GWVQ6+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1852101603OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Kirishima from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Burmese to Western Panjabi—“Mount Kirishima” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ခိရိရှိမတောင်”
- Catalan: “Kirishima-yama”
- Cebuano: “Kirishima Yama”
- Chinese: “雾岛山”
- Chinese: “霧島山”
- Chinese: “霧島山脈”
- Czech: “Kirišima”
- French: “Kirishima-yama”
- French: “mont Kirishima”
- French: “monts Kirishima”
- French: “Monts Kirishima”
- German: “Kirishima-yama”
- German: “Kirishima”
- German: “Kirishimayama”
- German: “Kirisima”
- Greek: “Ηφαίστεια Κιρισίμα”
- Greek: “Κιρισίμα”
- Greek: “Όρη Κιρισίμα”
- Japanese: “Kirishimayama”
- Japanese: “きりしまやま”
- Japanese: “霧島山”
- Japanese: “霧島山地”
- Japanese: “霧島火山”
- Japanese: “霧島火山群”
- Japanese: “霧島連山”
- Japanese: “霧島連峰”
- Korean: “기리시마산”
- Latin: “Mons Kirishima”
- Lithuanian: “Kirišima”
- Russian: “Кирисима”
- Slovak: “Kiri-šima”
- Slovak: “Kirišima”
- Uzbek: “Kirisima”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ کیریشیما”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 7th station and 8th station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 不動池 and Ōnami Pond.
Kagoshima: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Kagoshima, Yakushima, Kanoya, and Satsumasendai.
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