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In 1965, Oshima Island and the volcano itself appeared in the climax of Gamera's debut film, where the military lured the giant turtle there as a means to trap it in a giant rocket-ship built on the island. Mount Mihara was the place where the Japanese government imprisoned Godzilla in the movie The Return of Godzilla.
Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan - Geological Survey of Japan; Volcano on Google Map - Geological Survey of Japan; The National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency; 日本の主な山岳標高 (Elevation of Principal Mountains in Japan) - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (in Japanese)
Japanese scientists conducted an extensive study of the volcanic activity of the Kikai underwater caldera. They had estimated the volumes of ejected volcanic material, which range from 332 to 457 cubic kilometers, and proved that it was the largest eruption in the last 11,700 years that occurred here 7,300 years ago.
Many of Japan's typical examples of dinosaur fossils were found in this area. One of the major rock outcrops is in the Kuwashima area and is known as the "Kuwashima Fossil Wall" (桑島化石壁 Kuwashima Kasekikabe). Because the mountain is a dormant volcano, it is well known for its many onsen.
In 1895, the official height of Mt. Kaimon was 922.23 m (3,025.7 ft) from a second triangulation point which was at the summit of the mountain, but this was updated to 924 m (3,031 ft) by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan in July 2001, because climbers pointed out that the height of the rocks on the top of the mountain were higher ...
Initially, volcanic ash crosses the Bashi Channel and enters the South China Sea. [12] This eruption is considered to be one of the largest in Japan after the Second World War. [13] Observations by the Japan Coast Guard on August 15 confirm a new island roughly 1 km (0.62 mi) in diameter. [14]
Being the largest mountain on a small island, it is also referred to as Nakanoshima. It is also called "Tokara Fuji" from its shape. The mountain is an andesitic volcano. The volcano had a minor mud eruption in January 1914. In October 1949, the summit crater produced an ash cloud. [1] [2] The rock of the mountain is non-alkali mafic rock ...
Relief map of Kirishima Volcano View on the southern side of the volcano group. Kirishima Mountains (霧島山, Kirishima-yama) are a 1700 meter high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716 and 1717.