Volcanic eruption
See 1959 on the mapEruption of Kirishimayama
13 Feb 1959 – 17 Feb 1959 · 31.93° N, 130.86° E
The Kirishima Mountains are a 1,700-meter-high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716, and 1717. Augite-hypersthene andesite is the dominant rock type.
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What the records say
- When
- 13 Feb 1959 – 17 Feb 1959
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 31.93° N, 130.86° E
- Vei
- 2
- Vent
- Shinmoe-dake
- Dated by
- Observations: Reported
- Volcano number
- 282090
- Eruption number
- 17159
Nearby in time and place
- All Nippon Airways Flight 642 Jan 1959 · Air disaster
- Great Fire of Fukue26 Sep 1962 · Fire
- 1956 Nagahama bus crash28 Jan 1956 · Road accident
- Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster9 Nov 1963 · Mining accident
- Fuji-Air-Lines-Flug 90227 Feb 1964 · Air disaster
- Daegu democracy movement28 Feb 1960 · Protest
- 1st Songshan Protest6 Jun 1964 · Battle
- Japanese National Railways' ferry Shiun Maru sinks after a collision with sister ship Uko Maru, in thick fog off Takamatsu, Shikoku11 May 1955 · Event
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page