Kaimondake volcano

Kaimondake
開聞岳
Elevation	924 m (3,031 ft)
Location
Kaimondake Kyūshū, Japan
Coordinates	31°10′48″N 130°31′42″E / 31.18°N 130.52833°E / 31.18; 130.52833Coordinates: 31°10′48″N 130°31′42″E / 31.18°N 130.52833°E / 31.18; 130.52833
Geology
Type	stratovolcano
Last eruption	885[1]

Kaimondake volcano (開聞岳, Kaimondake^?), also romanized as Kaimon-dake, situated in the Ibusuki volcanic region of southern Kyūshū, Japan, near Ibusuki is an undissected volcano which consists of a basal stratovolcano and a small central volcano. It rises 924 meters above sea level. Also known as 'Fuji of Satsuma'. The last eruption occurred in the year 885.

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  A aerial photograph

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  Mt.Kaimon & Lake Ikeda

See also

• Kagoshima Prefecture

References

1. ^ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/largeeruptions.cfm

• "Ibusuki Volcanic Field". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0802-07=. 

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