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Mount Kaimon

924 m3,031 ft

Prominence: 882 m2,893 ft
Isolation: 33 km
Tonight: 20°CPartly cloudy · Wind 43 km/h SE

Mount Kaimon is a 924 m (3,031 ft) volcano in the Nansatsu Volcanic Group, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 924 m · 3,031 ft
Nearest higher peak: Inao Mount (959 m)
Range: Nansatsu Volcanic Group
Region: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Kirishima-Kinkōwan National Park
Spanish name: Monte Kaimon
Coordinates: 31.1799° N, 130.5285° E

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3D map

Mount Kaimon 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Kaimon terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Kaimon elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Kaimon weather

Today · Light rain · 20 / 22°C (68 / 72°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 43 km/h SE

Mount Kaimon forecast for the summit, about 924 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 0 m.

Today20°22°0.4 mm43 km/h SEBase 26 / 27°
Sun20°23°1.0 mm43 km/h SBase 26 / 29°
Mon17°21°3.2 mm45 km/h SWBase 23 / 27°
Tue12°19°–27 km/h NWBase 17 / 24°
Wed12°16°–14 km/h NBase 17 / 21°
Thu15°17°4.6 mm13 km/h SEBase 20 / 23°
Fri14°18°2.4 mm11 km/h SWBase 19 / 23°
Sat11°18°0.2 mm18 km/h NWBase 16 / 23°
Sun14°17°10.9 mm8 km/h NEBase 19 / 23°
Mon12°15°4.2 mm24 km/h NBase 18 / 20°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Kaimon

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Kaimon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
かいもん山麓ふれあい公園・キャンプ場
1.7 km NNE
Directions Map
Nearest parking
開聞山麓ふれあい公園駐車場
1.9 km NNE · +2 more within 2.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
かいもん山麓ふれあい公園・キャンプ場Campsite	1.7 km NNE
開聞山麓ふれあい公園駐車場Parking	1.9 km NNE
Parking	2.7 km E
Parking	2.8 km E

Slope

Share of the 7.6 × 7.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 81% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

81.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

13.6%

Steep, 30–45°

5.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 5.2% of the 58 km² view
Relief in view: 921 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 54.1%Trees 31.0%Cropland 8.9%Built-up 3.6%Grassland 2.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.8 km; 60 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Japanese Skink4
Pale Thrush2
Japanese viburnum2
Viola boissieuana2
White-bellied Green-Pigeon1
Grey Bunting1

Where it sits

Where Mount Kaimon sits

Ranked in 1

#47 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

ShinmoedakePeak · 1,421 m88 km NNE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGMount Kaimon satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-03.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 921 m at the summit; the official height is 924 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	924 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	921 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	916 m	-8 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-03)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Kaimon

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

Data sources