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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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,506 metres
  • Description: volcano in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Aso-san” and “Aso-zan

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mt. Naka-dake and Mt. Taka-dake.

Peak
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Mount Aso

Latitude
32.8827° or 32° 52′ 58″ north
Longitude
131.0947° or 131° 5′ 41″ east
Elevation
1,506 metres (4,941 feet)
Open location code
8Q4HV3MV+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 917987193
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
1864972
Wiki­data ID
Q733710
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“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
  • Swedish: Aso-san
  • Swedish: Aso
  • Swedish: Mount Aso
  • Thai: เขาอาโซะ
  • Turkish: Aso Dağı
  • Ukrainian: вулкан Асо
  • Vietnamese: Núi Aso
  • Western Panjabi: ماؤنٹ آسو

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Mount Aso”. Photo: Nudimmud, CC BY-SA 3.0.