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Mount Aso (阿蘇山, Aso-san) or Aso Volcano is the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest in the world. Common use relates often only to the somma volcano in the centre of Aso Caldera .
Aso caldera (also known as Asosan, the Aso Volcano or Mount Aso, although the later term usually is used related to its currently active vents) is a geographical feature of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It stretches 25 kilometers north to south and 18 kilometers east to west. The central core "Aso Gogaku" is the five major mountains in the area.
Aso-Kujū National Park (阿蘇くじゅう国立公園, Aso-Kujū Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan. The park derives its name from Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan, and the Kujū mountains. [1] [2] Mount Aso is also one of the largest caldera volcanos in the world. [3]
The Aso Volcano Museum (阿蘇火山博物館, Aso-kazan Hakubutsukan) is a geology museum located Kusasenri, of the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture. It is near Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan. Visitors can view a live video feed from inside Nakadake crater. [1]
On 28 February 2018, the crater access restriction was lifted, but the ropeway stayed closed. A shuttle bus service runs from the original boarding area, Mount Aso terminal, to the crater's edge as a replacement. [2] On 12 October 2018, it was announced that the station and ropes would be dismantled, with a target to finish by spring 2019. [3]
The "sideways approach" of Aso shrine that connects Mt. Nakadake to Aso Shrine and Kokuzo shrine. There are three entrances to the shrine with the south gate (minami torii) facing Mount Aso, and the north gate leading onto the shopping street of Nakadori, Ichinomiya Aso. A guide office is situated by the main entrance.
Mountain Metres Feet Location and Notes Risco Plateado: 4,999 16,401: Argentina Mount Blackburn: 4,996 16,391: Alaska, United States Santa Isabel: 4,950
The only unambiguous VEI-7 eruption to have been directly observed in recorded history was Mount Tambora in 1815 and caused the Year Without a Summer in 1816. The Minoan eruption of Thera in the middle of the second millennium BC may have been VEI-7, but may have been just shy of the 100 cubic kilometers required.