Sakurajima

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Sakurajima is an active stratovolcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, known for its frequent eruptions and dramatic presence in Kagoshima Bay.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sakurajima canonical 12
Sakurajima area 4
Sakurajima volcano 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
island
stratovolcano
volcanic eruption
connectedBy lava flows
connectedTo Osumi Peninsula
country Japan
elevation 1117 m
eruptionType Strombolian
Vulcanian
formedFrom Aira Caldera magma system
geologicalAge Holocene
hasCrater Minamidake crater
Showa crater
hasFerryConnectionTo Kagoshima City
hasFrequentEruptions true
hasHotSprings true
hasLava andesitic composition
hasObservationPoint Yunohira Observatory
hasPeak Kitadake
Minamidake
Nakadake
hasVolcanicAlertLevelSystem true
hasVolcanicAsh andesitic to basaltic-andesitic composition
hazardLevel high
highestPoint Kitadake
isTouristAttraction true
knownFor ash fall on Kagoshima City
frequent explosive eruptions
lava flows
pyroclastic flows
lastMajorEruption 1914 eruption of Sakurajima
locatedIn Kagoshima Bay
Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED
Kyushu
locatedInBodyOfWater Kagoshima Bay
locatedNear Kagoshima City
locatedOn Pacific Ring of Fire
majorEruption 1914 eruption of Sakurajima
monitoredBy Japan Meteorological Agency
Sakurajima Volcano Observatory
partOf Aira Caldera
populationAtRisk hundreds of thousands of people
region Satsuma Peninsula area
separatedFrom Osumi Peninsula
startDate 1914
threatens Kagoshima City
VEI 4
volcanicArc Ryukyu Arc
volcano Sakurajima self-linksurface differs
volcanoType composite volcano

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

Kyushu hasVolcano Sakurajima
Universal City Station serves Sakurajima
this entity surface form: Sakurajima area
Kagoshima Prefecture contains Sakurajima
Kagoshima Prefecture knownFor Sakurajima
this entity surface form: active volcano Sakurajima
western Japan hasVolcano Sakurajima
subject surface form: Western Japan
Sakurajima volcano Sakurajima self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: 1914 eruption of Sakurajima
Tempozan district hasNearbyAttraction Sakurajima
this entity surface form: Sakurajima area
Sakurajima Station servesDistrict Sakurajima
this entity surface form: Sakurajima area
Konohana-ku hasNotablePlace Sakurajima
this entity surface form: Sakurajima area
Vulcanian observedAt Sakurajima
subject surface form: Vulcanian eruption
this entity surface form: Sakurajima volcano
Southwest Japan Arc hasVolcano Sakurajima
Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain, Japan hasNearbyVolcano Sakurajima
subject surface form: Kagoshima
Kagoshima, Japan knownFor Sakurajima
subject surface form: Kagoshima
this entity surface form: Sakurajima volcano
Kagoshima, Japan hasActiveVolcano Sakurajima
subject surface form: Kagoshima
Kagoshima, Japan hasLandmark Sakurajima
subject surface form: Kagoshima
Kagoshima City faces Sakurajima
Kagoshima City hasNearbyVolcano Sakurajima
Kagoshima City knownFor Sakurajima
this entity surface form: Sakurajima volcano
Kirishima locatedNear Sakurajima