Shinmoedake | |
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![]() View of Shinmoedake in July 2008 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,700 m (5,600 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 31°54′42″N 130°52′59″E / 31.91167°N 130.88306°E |
Geography | |
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Geology | |
Last eruption | 2018[1] |
Shinmoedake (Japanese: 新燃岳) is a volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan, and a part of the Mount Kirishima cluster of volcanoes.[2] It is believed to have formed between 7,300 and 25,000 years ago.[3]
Eruptions from Shinmoedake have been recorded in 1716, 1717, 1771, 1822, 1959, 1991, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017, and 2018.[4]