Mount Kaimon

Kaimondake
開聞岳
Highest point
Elevation	924 m (3,031 ft)
Coordinates	31°10′48″N 130°31′42″E
Geography
Kaimondake Kyūshū, Japan
Geology
Mountain type	stratovolcano
Last eruption	885

Kaimondake (開聞岳, Kaimondake, Kaimon-dake), or Mount Kaimon, is an undissected volcano – consisting of a basal stratovolcano and a small central volcano, part of the Ibusuki field – which rises to a height of 924 metres above sea level near the city of Ibusuki in southern Kyūshū, Japan. The last eruption occurred in the year 885. Kaimondake is sometimes referred to as "the Fuji of Satsuma".

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  An aerial photograph of Kaimondake
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  Lake Ikeda (centre left) and Mount Kaimon (right)
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  As seen from a JR Ibusuki Makurazaki Line train

See also

• Kagoshima Prefecture

External links

• Kaimondake - Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese)
• "Kaimondake: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF). - Japan Meteorological Agency
• "Ibusuki Volcanic Field". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.