Mount Unzen
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Nature & outdoorsKumamoto, Japan

Mount Unzen

Mountain in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

About

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.

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Location

Open map: Mount Unzen and 4 nearby attractions

32.76134, 130.29869 · Kumamoto

Nearby

  1. Kumamoto CastleHistory & heritage
    38 km
  2. Ōura ChurchReligious sites
    40 km
  3. Urakami CathedralReligious sites
    40 km
  4. Nagasaki Peace ParkMuseums & galleries
    41 km
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