Shinmoedake

Shinmoedake
View of Shinmoedake in July 2008
Highest point
Elevation1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Coordinates31°54′42″N 130°52′59″E / 31.91167°N 130.88306°E / 31.91167; 130.88306
Geography
Geology
Last eruption2018

Shinmoedake (Japanese: 新燃岳) is a volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan, and a part of the Mount Kirishima cluster of volcanoes. It is believed to have formed between 7,300 and 25,000 years ago.

Eruptions from Shinmoedake have been recorded in 1716, 1717, 1771, 1822, 1959, 1991, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017, and 2018.

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