Sakurajima
Sakurajima is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. It is the most active volcano in Japan.
- Volcano rising to 1,117 metres (3,665 feet)
- Description: volcano and island located in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
- Also known as“Mount Sakurajima”“Sakura Island”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Sakurajima and Yunohira lookout.
Quarters in the Area
Discover Higashi-Sakurajimacho and Furusatocho.
Sakurajima
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Latitude
31.5806° or 31° 34′ 50″ north
Longitude
130.658° or 130° 39′ 29″ east
Open location code
8Q3GHMJ5+65
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = volcano
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sakurajima” goes by many names.
SakurajimaAfrikaans
بركان ساكورا جيماArabic
ساكوراجيماArabic
SakurajimaBasque
СакурадзімаBelarusian
সাকুরাজিমাBengali
СакураджимаBulgarian
ဆခုရဂျိမBurmese
SakurajimaCatalan
Sakura JimaCebuano
樱岛Chinese
櫻島Chinese
櫻島火山Chinese
Sakura-džimaCzech
SakurajimaDanish
SakurajimaDutch
SakurajimaEsperanto
SakurashimaEstonian
SakurajimaFinnish
SakurajimaGalician
Volcán SakurajimaGalician
ΣακουρατζίμαGreek
סקורג’ימהHebrew
SakurajimaHungarian
SzakuradzsimaHungarian
SakurajimaIndonesian
SakurajimaItalian
Sakura-jimaJapanese
さくらじまJapanese
桜島Japanese
桜島岳Japanese
사쿠라지마Korean
사쿠라지마섬Korean
SakurajimaLatin
SakuradžimaLithuanian
СакураџимаMacedonian
SakurajimaNorwegian
Mount SakurajimaNorwegian Bokmål
SakurajimafjelletNorwegian Bokmål
SakurajimaNorwegian Nynorsk
SakurajimaOccitan (post 1500)
ساکوراجیماPersian
SakurajimaPolish
SakurajimaRomanian
СакурадзимаRussian
Sakura-džimaSlovak
SakuradžimaSlovenian
SakurajimaSwedish
SakurajimaTagalog
เกาะซากูระThai
ซากูราจิมะThai
SakurajimaTurkish
sakurajima yanardağıTurkish
Сакура-джімаUkrainian
Сакура-дзімаUkrainian
SakurajimaVietnamese
SakurajimaWaray (Philippines)
SakurajimaWelsh
樱岛Wu Chinese
櫻島Yue Chinese
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