Unzen

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stratovolcano volcanic complex

Unzen is an active volcanic complex on Japan’s Kyushu Island known for its destructive eruptions and associated pyroclastic flows.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Unzen canonical 3
Unzen City 1
Unzen hot spring area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stratovolcano ⓘ
volcanic complex ⓘ
1792EruptionCaused Mayu-yama sector collapse ⓘ
tsunami in Ariake Sea ⓘ
1792EruptionDeaths over 14000 ⓘ
1991EruptionDeaths 43 ⓘ
1991EruptionFeature frequent pyroclastic flows ⓘ
1991EruptionVictimsIncluded volcanologists ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
decadeVolcanoProgram International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior ⓘ
elevation 1486 m ⓘ
eruptionStyle dome-forming ⓘ
explosive ⓘ
formedLavaDome Heisei-Shinzan ⓘ
hasGeothermalActivity hot springs ⓘ
hasHazard ash fall ⓘ
debris avalanches ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
volcanic earthquakes ⓘ
hasHighestPeak Fugen-dake ⓘ
hasPeak Heisei-Shinzan ⓘ
Myoken-dake ⓘ
surface form: Kunimi-dake

Myoken-dake ⓘ
hasVolcanoObservatory Mount Unzen ⓘ
surface form: Unzen Volcano Observatory
isActive true ⓘ
knownFor destructive eruptions ⓘ
lava domes ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
lastMajorEruptionEnd 1995 ⓘ
lastMajorEruptionStart 1990 ⓘ
listedAs Decade Volcanoes (former IAVCEI list) ⓘ
surface form: Decade Volcano
locatedInNationalPark Unzen-Amakusa National Park ⓘ
locatedInPrefecture Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Kyushu ⓘ
monitoredBy Japan Meteorological Agency ⓘ
Kyushu University NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountainRange Shimabara Peninsula ⓘ
nearCity Shimabara ⓘ
Unzen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unzen City
notableEruption 1792 eruption ⓘ
1991 eruption ⓘ
partOf Ring of Fire ⓘ
plateBoundary Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
surface form: Philippine Sea Plate – Eurasian Plate
tectonicSetting subduction zone ⓘ
tourismAttraction hiking trails ⓘ
onsen resorts ⓘ
volcanoType andesitic stratovolcano ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

western Japan → hasVolcano → Unzen ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Japan
Nagasaki Prefecture → hasCity → Unzen ⓘ
Southwest Japan Arc → hasVolcano → Unzen ⓘ
Unzen → nearCity → Unzen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unzen City
Beppu–Shimabara graben → hasPart → Unzen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unzen hot spring area