Aira Caldera
Aira Caldera is a gigantic volcanic caldera located on the southern end of Kyushu, Japan. It is believed to have been formed about 30,000 years ago with a succession of pyroclastic surges.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights include Shinjima.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sakurajima-Shirahamacho and Komencho.
Aira Caldera
- Type: Volcano
- Description: supervolcano
- Categories: supervolcano, caldera, and landform
- Location: Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.6515° or 31° 39′ 5″ north
Longitude
130.6994° or 130° 41′ 58″ east
Open location code
8Q3GMM2X+HP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Aira Caldera from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Aira Caldera” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كلديرا آيرا”
- Basque: “Aira Caldera”
- Basque: “Aira galdara”
- Catalan: “caldera d’Aira”
- Chinese: “姶良火山臼”
- Chinese: “姶良破火山口”
- Dutch: “Aira Caldera”
- Dutch: “Aira-caldera”
- Finnish: “Airan kaldera”
- French: “caldeira d’Aira”
- French: “Caldeira d’Aira”
- German: “Aira-Caldera”
- Hungarian: “Aira-kaldera”
- Indonesian: “Kaldera Aira”
- Japanese: “姶良カルデラ”
- Korean: “아이라 칼데라”
- Polish: “Aira”
- Portuguese: “Aira”
- Russian: “Айра”
- Slovenian: “kaldera Aira”
- Spanish: “Caldera Aira”
- Ukrainian: “Айра (кальдера)”
- Ukrainian: “Айра”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 桜島港(高免地区) and 桜島港(古河良地区).
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 猪ノ子島 and Nakanoshima.
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