Sakurajima

at 桜島横山町1722-3 溶岩なぎさ公園内, Kagoshima-shi , 891-1419 Japan

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Sakurajima is an active composite volcano and a former island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Osumi Peninsula.The volcanic activity still continues, dropping volcanic ash on the surroundings. Earlier eruptions built the white sands highlands in the region. The most recent eruption started on February 5, 2016. On September 13, 2016 a team of experts from Bristol University and the Sakurajima Volcano Research Centre in Japan suggested that the volcano could have a major eruption within 30 years.Sakurajima is a stratovolcano. Its summit has three peaks, Kita-dake, Naka-dake and Minami-dake which is active now.Kita-dake is Sakurajima's highest peak, rising to 1117m above sea level. The mountain is located in a part of Kagoshima Bay known as Kinkō-wan. The former island is part of the city of Kagoshima. The surface of this volcanic peninsula is about 77km2.HistoryGeological historySakurajima is located in the Aira caldera and formed in an enormous eruption 22,000 years ago. Several hundred cubic kilometres of ash and pumice were ejected, causing the magma chamber underneath the erupting vents to collapse. The resulting caldera is over 20km across. Tephra fell as far as 1000km from the volcano. Sakurajima is a modern active vent of the same Aira caldera volcano.

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Sakurajima is Kagoshima based place and this enity listed in Neighborhood category. Located at 桜島横山町1722-3 溶岩なぎさ公園内 Kagoshima 891-1419.