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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 .
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.
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).
Mount Tateshina (Part of Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group) 2530: 8300 Mount Zaō: 1841: 6040: AD 1940 ... Mount Unzen: 1500: 4921 AD 1996 [† 1] Mount Yufu: 1583 ...
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 ...
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]
The hot springs system is located in the foothills of Mount Unzen Volcano. In Japanese, the word, "obama" means "little beach" or "little island". Although at least since 2008, the town's tourism office had been greeting visitors with a life-sized statue of the former American president, Barack Obama , and vendors in town sold Barack Obama ...
A volcano may be designated a Decade Volcano if it exhibits more than one volcanic hazard (people living near the Decade Volcanoes may experience tephra fall, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, lahars, volcanic edifice instability and lava dome collapse); shows recent geological activity; is located in a densely populated area (eruptions at any of ...