Mount Aso

Mount Aso, in 's Kumamoto prefecture, is an active volcano that has one of the largest calderas in the world.
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  • Volcano rising to 1,506 metres (4,941 feet)
  • Description: volcano in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Aso-san”
    “Aso-zan”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mt. Naka-dake and Mt. Taka-dake.
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is a peak.
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is a peak.
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Takamori.
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is a town in the on the island .

Mount Aso

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Latitude
32.8827° or 32° 52′ 58″ north
Longitude
131.0947° or 131° 5′ 41″ east
Open location code
8Q4HV3MV+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 917987193
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
1864972
Wiki­data ID
Q733710

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mount Aso” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل أسو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aso vulkanı”
  • Basque: “Aso mendia”
  • Belarusian: “Аса (вулкан)”
  • Belarusian: “Аса”
  • Belarusian: “вулкан Аса”
  • Bengali: “mount aso”
  • Bulgarian: “Асо”
  • Burmese: “အဆိုတောင်”
  • Catalan: “Aso”
  • Cebuano: “Aso-san”
  • Chinese: “阿苏山”
  • Chinese: “阿蘇山”
  • Chinese: “阿蘇火山”
  • Czech: “Aso”
  • Dutch: “Aso”
  • Estonian: “Aso mägi”
  • Estonian: “Aso vulkaan”
  • Estonian: “Aso-san”
  • French: “Aso-san”
  • French: “mont Aso”
  • French: “Mont Aso”
  • Georgian: “ასო (ვულკანი)”
  • Georgian: “ასო”
  • German: “Aso-san”
  • German: “Aso”
  • German: “Naka-dake”
  • Hebrew: “אסו”
  • Hungarian: “Aszo”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Aso”
  • Italian: “Monte Aso”
  • Japanese: “Aso-san”
  • Japanese: “あそさん”
  • Japanese: “中岳”
  • Japanese: “米塚”
  • Japanese: “阿蘇五岳”
  • Japanese: “阿蘇山”
  • Japanese: “阿蘇山大噴火”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Nulu Aso”
  • Kirghiz: “Асо”
  • Korean: “아소산”
  • Latin: “Mons Aso”
  • Latin: “Mons Asovius”
  • Lithuanian: “Asas (ugnikalnis)”
  • Lithuanian: “Asas”
  • Lithuanian: “Aso ugnikalnis”
  • Macedonian: “Асо”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aso-san”
  • Norwegian: “Aso-san”
  • Novial: “Mount Aso”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Aso”
  • Persian: “کوه آسو”
  • Persian: “کوهٔ آسو”
  • Persian: “کوه اسو”
  • Polish: “Aso”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Aso”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Aso”
  • Russian: “Асо (гора)”
  • Russian: “Асо”
  • Russian: “вулкан Асо”
  • Sardinian: “Monte Aso”
  • Slovak: “Aso (sopka)”
  • Slovak: “Aso”
  • Slovenian: “Aso (gora)”
  • Slovenian: “Aso”
  • Spanish: “Monte As”
  • Spanish: “Monte Aso”
  • Sundanese: “Gunung Aso”
  • Swedish: “Aso-san”
  • Swedish: “Aso”
  • Swedish: “Mount Aso”
  • Thai: “เขาอาโซะ”
  • Turkish: “Aso Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “вулкан Асо”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Aso”
  • Western Panjabi: “ماؤنٹ آسو”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿蘇火山”

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