Mt. Unzen（雲仙岳, Unzendake）
| Elevation | 1486 m |
|---|---|
| Classification | 200 Famous Mountains of Japan |
| Location | Nagasaki Pref. (長崎県 島原市) |
| Coordinates | 32.76134, 130.29869 |
Highlights of Mt. Unzen
- Selected as one of the 200 Famous Mountains of Japan
- Elevation 1486 m
- Located in Nagasaki Pref.
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About Mt. Unzen
Mount Unzen (雲仙岳, Unzen-dake) is an active stratovolcano of several overlapping small, volcanic cones, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island.
In 1792, the collapse of one of its several lava domes triggered a megatsunami that killed 14,524 people in Japan's worst volcanic-related disaster. The volcano was most recently active from 1990 to 1995, and a large eruption in 1991 generated a pyroclastic flow that killed 43 people, including three volcanologists.
Its highest peaks are Fugen-dake (普賢岳) at 1,359 metres (4,459 ft) and Heisei-shinzan (平成新山) at 1,486 metres (4,875 ft). The latter emerged during the eruptions of the early, eponymous Heisei era (1989–2019).
Overview
Mount Unzen (or Unzen-dake) rises in the central part of the Shimabara Peninsula, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is located on the outer ring of the Chijiwa Caldera centering on Tachibana Bay in the west of the peninsula. It consists of a total of more than 20 mountains, however, the complexity in the shape of Unzen-dake was expressed by various numbers (such as Mitake Goho/Mimine Godake as "24th peak", or Yatsuha as "36th peak"). As a result, the usage of only eight...