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  2. Mount Unzen - Wikipedia

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    Mount Unzen (雲仙岳, Unzen-dake) is an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, 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 .

  3. Unzen-Amakusa National Park - Wikipedia

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    Unzen-Amakusa National Park (雲仙天草国立公園, Unzen-Amakusa Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Nagasaki, Kumamoto, and Kagoshima Prefectures, Japan. Established in 1934, the park derives its name from Mount Unzen , an active volcano at the middle of the Shimabara Peninsula , and the Amakusa islands in the Yatsushiro Sea .

  4. File:Unzen Volacno Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg - Wikipedia

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on af.wikipedia.org Unzen; Usage on id.wikipedia.org Gunung Unzen; Usage on ja.wikipedia.org 雲仙岳

  5. Shimabara Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    An active group of volcanoes known collectively as Mount Unzen lies in the middle of the peninsula, with many hot springs, such as Unzen Onsen and the extremely hot Obama Onsen. The peninsula was also the site of the Shimabara Rebellion, a 1637–1638 peasant and rōnin revolt, led by Christians. This further reinforced distrust of Christians ...

  6. Unzen, Nagasaki - Wikipedia

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    Unzen (雲仙市, Unzen-shi) is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 June 2024, the city had an estimated population of 40,831 in 17709 households, and a population density of 190 people per km 2. [1] The total area of the town is 214.31 km 2 (82.75 sq mi).

  7. 1792 Unzen landslide and tsunami - Wikipedia

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    The 1792 Unzen landslide and tsunami resulted from the volcanic activities of Mount Unzen (in the Shimabara Peninsula of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan) on 21 May.This caused the collapse of the southern flank of the Mayuyama dome in front of Mount Unzen, resulting in a tremendous tsunami, killing 15,000 people altogether. [2]

  8. Tolkien's maps - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien's design for his son Christopher's contour map on graph paper with handwritten annotations, of parts of Gondor and Mordor and the route taken by the Hobbits with the One Ring, and dates along that route, for an enlarged map in The Return of the King [5] Detail of finished contour map by Christopher Tolkien, drawn from his father's graph paper design.

  9. Geography of Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Fonstad created "the most comprehensive set" of thematic maps of Middle-earth, such as Frodo and Sam's route to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. [ 13 ] The events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place in the north-west of the continent of Middle-earth.