Mount Kirishima
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Highest point | Mount Karakuni |
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Provinces | Kagoshima prefecture |
Miyazaki prefecture | |
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ID | 2395626 |
About Mount Kirishima
Mount Kirishima is a 1700 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.