Mount Unzen (雲仙岳, Unzen-dake) is an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island.
In 1792, the collapse of one of its several lava domes triggered a megatsunami that killed 14,524 people in Japan's worst volcanic-related disaster. The volcano was most recently active from 1990 to 1995, and a large eruption in 1991 generated a pyroclastic flow that killed 43 people, including three volcanologists.
Its highest peaks are Fugen-dake (普賢岳) at 1,359 metres (4,459 ft) and Heisei-shinzan (平成新山) at 1,486 metres (4,875 ft). The latter emerged during the eruptions of the early, eponymous Heisei era (1989–2019).
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MountUnzen (雲仙岳, Unzen-dake) is an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of...
The 1792 Unzen landslide and tsunami resulted from the volcanic activities of MountUnzen (in the Shimabara Peninsula of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan) on...
French volcanologists and filmmakers who died in a pyroclastic flow on MountUnzen, Nagasaki, Japan, on 3 June 1991. The Kraffts became well known as pioneers...
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roads and boat landings. On 21 May 1792, a flank of the Mayamaya dome of MountUnzen collapsed after two large earthquakes. This had been preceded by a series...
UNESCO. "ASTER Images Mt. Usu Volcano". NASA. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "MountUnzen". Britannica. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed 17 July...
before the eruption. In 1991, while conducting avalanche research on MountUnzen in Japan, Glicken and fellow volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft...
the first fatal volcanic eruption in Japan since the 1991 eruption at MountUnzen, and the deadliest volcanic eruption in Japan since Torishima killed...
volcanoes known collectively as MountUnzen lies in the middle of the peninsula, with many hot springs, such as Unzen Onsen and the extremely hot Obama...
spring resort) in Obama, Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The hot springs system is located in the foothills of MountUnzen Volcano. In Japanese, the...
Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2017. "MountUnzen eruption of 1792 | Japanese history". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived...
evacuated, fearing a major eruption. The long eruption of Mount Sinabung is similar to that of MountUnzen in Japan, which erupted for five years after lying...
Kashima serve as the venue for the Gatalympics, a novelty sports event. MountUnzen overlooks the Ariake Sea; the Arie River, which has its source on the...
the Aira Caldera, Kikai Caldera and Aso Caldera. Mount Aso is the largest active volcano in Japan. Mount Aso had four eruptions 300,000 to 90,000 years...
respectively), died at MountUnzen in Japan, 1991 Peter Francis (1944–1999) David A. Johnston (1949–1980), killed during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens Harry...
surges similar to those that occurred at Mount Pelée, Merapi, Vesuvius, Etna, the Soufrière Hills, MountUnzen and elsewhere. During 2003, there was an...
Enzo; Favalli, Massimiliano (28 August 2007). "Holocene tsunamis from Mount Etna and the fate of Israeli Neolithic communities". Geophysical Research...
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Poland. May 21 – 1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami: An old lava dome collapses in Kyūshū, Japan, due to activity of MountUnzen volcano; the resulting...
while the Unzen eruptions have caused deaths and considerable local damage in the historic past, the impact of the June 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo...
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