Kaimon-dake
| Kaimon-dake | ||
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 The caimondake from the direction of Makurazaki |
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| height | 924 m TP | |
| location | Ibusuki , Kagoshima Prefecture | |
| Mountains | Nansatsu volcanic group | |
| Coordinates | 31 ° 10 '48 " N , 130 ° 31' 42" E | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano | |
| Last eruption | 885 | |
The Kaimon-dake ( Japanese 開 聞 岳 ) is a stratovolcano of 924 m height in the Nansatsu volcanic group in the administrative area of Ibusuki in southern Kyūshū ( Japan ). The last eruption occurred in 885.
The volcano, which is also known as Satsuma -Fuji ( 薩摩 富士 ) because of its symmetry with reference to the world-famous Mount Fuji , is one of the "Hundred Famous Mountains of Japan" ( Nihon hyakumeizan ). It is part of the Kirishima Yaku National Park .
An alternative spelling of the name is 海 門 岳 meaning " Sea Gate Summit", as it is located at the exit of Kagoshima Bay to the East China Sea . At the foot of the mountain is the Hirakiki Shrine , the former First Shrine of Satsuma, and the mountain was also called Hirakiki-dake ( 枚 聞 岳 ).
Aerial view
The Kaimon-dake (right), Lake Ikeda (center) and the exit of the Kagoshima Bay (left)
literature
- The Ibusuki crater lake field and the Kaimondake volcanic landscape . In: Publications of the Geographical Institute of the Albertus University in Königsberg: New series. Geography series. Gräfe and Unzer, 1931, p. 102f.
- Yoshihisa Kawanabe, Keiichi Sakaguchi: Geology of the Kaimon Dake district . Tsukuba: Geological Survey of Japan, 2005 (Japanese).
Web links
- Kaimon-dake in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 薩摩 富士 ［開 聞 岳］ 標高 924m . Shizuoka Prefecture, accessed August 7, 2013 (Japanese).