Eruption of Kirishimayama

Quando

28 de jan. de 2011

Tipo

Erupção vulcânica

Onde

Japan

Coordenadas

31.93° N, 130.86° E

Vei

3

Volcano type

Shield volcano

Volcanic group on the island of Kyushu

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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