Kikai Caldera, Iōjima

Name: Kikai Caldera
Address: Iōjima, Japan

#1 among attractions in Iōjima

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Volcano

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Kikai Caldera is a massive, mostly submerged caldera up to 19 kilometres in diameter in the Ōsumi Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. ()

Local name: 鬼界カルデラ Elevation: 2310 ftCoordinates: 30°47'20"N, 130°18'29"E

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Nearby attractions include: Mount Iō, Akahoya eruption.

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Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Mount Iō, Iōjima
9 min walk • Mount Iō also Mount Iwo is an active rhyolitic lava dome on Iōjima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It sits within the borders of the town of Mishima. The mountain is made up of non-alkali felsic rock and pyroclasitic flows.
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Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Akahoya eruption, Iōjima
1 min walk • The Akahoya eruption was the strongest known volcanic eruption of the Kikai Caldera in Kyūshū, Japan. It ejected about 150 cubic kilometres of volcanic material, giving it a '7' on the Volcanic Explosivity Index.