Sakurajima Eruption Monument
Sakurajima Eruption Monument is a memorial in Kagoshima, Kyushu. Sakurajima Eruption Monument is situated nearby to Higashisakuajima Elementary School, as well as near the Shinto shrine 山宮神社.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Higashisakuajima Elementary School and Sakurajima.
Sakurajima
Volcano
Photo: Nerotaso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sakurajima is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsula. Sakurajima is situated 3½ km northeast of Sakurajima Eruption Monument.
鹿児島市立東桜島中学校
School
鹿児島市立東桜島中学校 is a school, which is situated 730 metres southeast of Sakurajima Eruption Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mochikicho and Higashi-Sakurajimacho.
Sakurajima Eruption Monument
- Type: Memorial
- Also known as: “Monument to the Distrust of Science” and “Sakurajima Eruption Memorial”
- Categories: natural disaster monument and historic site
- Location: Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.55686° or 31° 33′ 25″ northLongitude
130.63025° or 130° 37′ 49″ eastInception
1924Open location code
8Q3GHJ4J+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 8463045866OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q11538004
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Sakurajima Eruption Monument” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “櫻島爆發紀念碑”
- Japanese: “桜島爆発記念碑”
- Japanese: “櫻島爆發記念碑”
- Japanese: “科学不信の碑”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 山宮神社 and 持木港待避舎.
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