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Mount Takachiho

Kirishimayama

Type
Shield volcano
Elevation
1700m
Last eruption
2025
Mount Takachiho
Photo: Ray_go · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Shield volcano
Country
Japan
Region
Western Pacific / Ryukyu Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1700m
Coordinates
31.934, 130.862
Last eruption
2025
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Shield
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

Kirishimayama is a large group of more than 20 Quaternary volcanoes located north of Kagoshima Bay. The late-Pleistocene to Holocene dominantly andesitic group consists of stratovolcanoes, pyroclastic cones, maars, and underlying shield volcanoes located over an area of 20 x 30 km. The larger stratovolcanoes are scattered throughout the field, with the centrally located Karakunidake being the highest. Onamiike and Miike, the two largest maars, are located SW of Karakunidake and at its far eastern end, respectively. Holocene eruptions have been concentrated along an E-W line of vents from Miike to Ohachi, and at Shinmoedake to the NE. Frequent small-to-moderate explosive eruptions have been recorded since the 8th century.

From Wikipedia

Takachiho-no-mine (高千穂峰) or Mt. Takachiho (1573m) is a volcano in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, Japan. It is part of Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park, where it is the second highest peak in the Kirishima range.

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Eruption history

85 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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7050 BCE~6747 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 35840 BCE~5537 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 34630 BCE~4327 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 43722 BCE~3420 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 33117 BCE~2815 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 32815 BCE~2512 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 42210 BCE~1907 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 3513~815 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 4815~1118 · 8 eruptions · max VEI 31118~1420 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 41420~1723 · 28 eruptions · max VEI 31723~2025 · 34 eruptions · max VEI 37050 BCE4932 BCE2512 BCE395 BCE1723

Detailed timeline

  1. 2025VEI 3Observed
    2025-06-22 – 2025-09-07
  2. 2018VEI 3Observed
    2018-03-01 – 2018-06-22
    Shinmoedake
  3. 2017VEI 2Observed
    2017-10-11 – 2017-10-17
    Shinmoedake
  4. 2011VEI 3Observed
    2011-01-19 – 2011-09-07
    Shinmoe-dake
  5. 2010VEI 1Observed
    2010-03-30 – 2010-07-10
    Shinmoe-dake
  6. 2009VEI 1Observed
    2009-11-15 – 2009-11-15
    Shinmoe-dake
  7. 2008VEI 1Observed
    2008-08-22 – 2008-08-22
    Shinmoe-dake crater and W flank
  8. 1991VEI 1Observed
    1991-12-01 – 1992-04-19
    Shinmoe-dake
  9. 1979VEI 1Observed
    1979-02-16 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  10. 1971VEI 1Observed
    1971-08-05 – 1971-08-05
    North foot, near Tearai hot springs
  11. 1959VEI 2Observed
    1959-02-13 – 1959-02-17
    Shinmoe-dake
  12. 1946VEI 2Method not stated
    1946-04-16 – end unknown
    Karakuni-dake ?
  13. 1923VEI 2Observed
    1923-07-16 – 1923-07-16
    Ohachi
  14. 1914VEI ?Observed
    1914-11-08 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  15. 1913VEI 2Observed
    1913-11-08 – 1914-01-08
    Ohachi
  16. 1903VEI 2Observed
    1903-08-29 – 1903-11-25
    Ohachi
  17. 1899VEI 2Observed
    1899-07-28 – 1900-02-16
    Ohachi
  18. 1898VEI 2Observed
    1898-02-08 – 1898-03-11
    Ohachi
  19. 1898VEI 2Observed
    1898-12-26 – 1898-12-30
    Ohachi
  20. 1897VEI 2Observed
    1897-05-03 – 1897-09-04
    Ohachi
  21. 1896VEI 2Observed
    1896-12-21 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  22. 1895VEI 2Observed
    1895-07-16 – 1896-06-26
    Ohachi
  23. 1894VEI 2Observed
    1894-02-25 – 1894-02-28
    Ohachi
  24. 1891VEI 2Observed
    1891-06-19 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  25. 1891VEI 2Observed
    1891-11-10 – 1891-11-20
    Ohachi
  26. 1889VEI 2Observed
    1889-12-10 – 1889-12-18
    Ohachi
  27. 1888VEI 2Observed
    1888-02-21 – 1888-05-09
    Ohachi
  28. 1887VEI 2Observed
    1887-05-16 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  29. 1880VEI 2Observed
    1880-09-16 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  30. 1832VEI 2Observed
    1832-04-20 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  31. 1822VEI 2Observed
    1822-01-12 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  32. 1771VEI 2Observed
    1771 – 1772
    Shinmoe-dake
  33. 1769VEI 2Observed
    1769 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  34. 1768VEI 0Observed
    1768 – end unknown
    Iwo-yama (NW flank of Karakuni-dake)
  35. 1719VEI 2Observed
    1719 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  36. 1717VEI 3Observed
    1717-09-19 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  37. 1716VEI 3Observed
    1716-03-11 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  38. 1716VEI 3Observed
    1716-11-09 – 1717-02-13
    Shinmoe-dake
  39. 1706VEI 2Observed
    1706-01-28 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  40. 1690VEI 2Observed
    1690 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  41. 1678VEI 2Observed
    1678-03-01 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  42. 1677VEI 2Observed
    1677 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  43. 1667VEI ?Method not stated
    1667 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  44. 1662VEI 2Observed
    1662-09 – 1664
    Ohachi
  45. 1659VEI 2Observed
    1659-02 – 1661
    Ohachi
  46. 1637VEI 2Observed
    1637 – 1638
    Shinmoe-dake
  47. 1628VEI 2Observed
    1628-10-26 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  48. 1620VEI 2Observed
    1620 – end unknown
  49. 1615VEI 2Observed
    1615 – 1618
    Ohachi
  50. 1613VEI 2Observed
    1613 – 1614
    Ohachi
  51. 1598VEI 2Observed
    1598 – 1600
    Ohachi
  52. 1596VEI 2Method not stated
    1596 – end unknown
  53. 1595VEI 2Observed
    1595 – end unknown
  54. 1588VEI 2Observed
    1588-04-07 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  55. 1587VEI 2Observed
    1587-05-24 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  56. 1585VEI 2Observed
    1585-11 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  57. 1576VEI 2Observed
    1576 – 1578
    Ohachi
  58. 1574VEI 2Observed
    1574-02 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  59. 1566VEI 2Observed
    1566-05-06 – end unknown
  60. 1566VEI 3Observed
    1566-10-31 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  61. 1554VEI 2Observed
    1554 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  62. 1524VEI 2Observed
    1524 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  63. 1381VEI 2Method not stated
    1381 – end unknown
  64. 1235VEI 4Observed
    1235-01-25 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  65. 1184VEI 2Observed
    1184-02-07 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  66. 1175VEI 2Method not stated
    1175-01 – end unknown
  67. 1167VEI 2Observed
    1167 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  68. 1113VEI 2Observed
    1113-02-27 – end unknown
  69. 1112VEI 2Observed
    1112-03-09 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  70. 1000VEI ?Geological estimate
    1000 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  71. 945VEI 2Observed
    945 – end unknown
  72. 858VEI 2Observed
    858 – end unknown
  73. 857VEI 2Observed
    857 – end unknown
  74. 843VEI 2Observed
    843 – 848
  75. 837VEI 3Observed
    837 – 839
    Ohachi
  76. 788VEI 4Observed
    788-04-18 – end unknown
    Ohachi (Katazoe Scoria)
  77. 742VEI 3Observed
    742-12-28 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  78. 700VEI ?Geological estimate
    700 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  79. 2050 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    2050 BCE – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake (Mae-yama Pumice)
  80. 2650 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    2650 BCE – end unknown
    Mi-ike
  81. 3050 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    3050 BCE – end unknown
    Takachiho-mine
  82. 3550 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    3550 BCE – end unknown
    Takachiho-mine (Mojihara Ash)
  83. 4350 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    4350 BCE – end unknown
    Old Takachiho
  84. 5700 BCE (±1350 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    5700 BCE – end unknown
    Old Takachiho
  85. 7050 BCE (±2350 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    7050 BCE – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake (Setao Pumice)

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