Sakurajima

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active volcano island stratovolcano volcanic eruption

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

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
1914 eruption of Sakurajima 0
Sakurajima area 1
active volcano Sakurajima 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
island ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
volcanic eruption ⓘ
connectedBy lava flows ⓘ
connectedTo Osumi Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
elevation 1117 m ⓘ
eruptionType Strombolian ⓘ
Vulcanian ⓘ
formedFrom Aira Caldera magma system ⓘ
geologicalAge Holocene ⓘ
hasCrater Minamidake crater ⓘ
Showa crater ⓘ
hasFerryConnectionTo Kagoshima City NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFrequentEruptions true ⓘ
hasHotSprings true ⓘ
hasLava andesitic composition ⓘ
hasObservationPoint Yunohira Observatory ⓘ
hasPeak Kitadake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minamidake ⓘ
Nakadake NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVolcanicAlertLevelSystem true ⓘ
hasVolcanicAsh andesitic to basaltic-andesitic composition ⓘ
hazardLevel high ⓘ
highestPoint Kitadake NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Kagoshima Bay ⓘ
locatedNear Kagoshima City NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1914 ⓘ
threatens Kagoshima City NERFINISHED ⓘ
VEI 4 ⓘ
volcanicArc Ryukyu Arc ⓘ
volcano Sakurajima self-linksurface differs ⓘ
volcanoType composite volcano ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Kagoshima Prefecture → contains → Sakurajima ⓘ
Kyushu → hasVolcano → Sakurajima ⓘ
western Japan → hasVolcano → Sakurajima ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Japan
Kagoshima Prefecture → knownFor → Sakurajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: active volcano Sakurajima
Universal City Station → serves → Sakurajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakurajima area
Sakurajima → volcano → Sakurajima self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: 1914 eruption of Sakurajima