Sakurajima

Also known as Sakura Island, Mount Sakurajima

Sakurajima (, ) is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. It is the most active volcano in Japan.

Key facts

Eruption.mapframe: no
Eruption.impact: Pre-eruption earthquakes killed 35 people and the eruption killed 23 people; caused an evacuation and significant changes to the local topography.
Mountain.name: Sakurajima
Mountain.photo: Sakurajima55.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption: View of Sakurajima from mainland Kagoshima, 2009
Mountain.elevation_m: 1117
Mountain.location: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Mountain.map: Japan#Japan Kagoshima Prefecture
Mountain.label: Sakurajima
Mountain.type: Somma-stratovolcano
Mountain.last_eruption: November 16, 2025.
Eruption.name: 1914 Sakurajima eruption
Eruption.start_date: January 11, 1914
Eruption.image: 1914-Sakurajima-eruption.jpg
Eruption.image_size: 282px
Eruption.caption: Sakurajima erupting in 1914
Eruption.type: Peléan
Eruption.VEI: 4

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

Geography
Geology
History
Prehistoric eruptions
Historic eruptions
1914 eruption
Recent activity
Summary of eruptive history
Eruptive risk
Culture
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Sakurajima (, ) is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. It is the most active volcano in Japan.

, the volcanic activity continues, dropping volcanic ash on the surroundings. Earlier eruptions built the white sand highlands in the region. On September 13, 2016, a team of experts from Bristol University and the Sakurajima Volcano Research Centre in Japan suggested that the volcano could have a major eruption within 30 years; since then many eruptions have occurred.

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