Volcano · Kagoshima Prefecture

Mount Kirishima

1,700 m5,577 ft

Prominence: 1,388 m4,553 ft
Isolation: 48 km
Tonight: 13°CFog · Wind 21 km/h SE

Mount Kirishima is a 1,700 m (5,577 ft) volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 1,700 m · 5,577 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Ichifusa (1,721 m)
Region: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Kirishima Geopark
Coordinates: 31.9340° N, 130.8612° E

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3D map

Mount Kirishima 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Kirishima 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 Kirishima elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Kirishima weather

Today · Heavy rain · 13 / 16°C (55 / 61°F) · 8.5 mm · Wind 21 km/h SE

Mount Kirishima forecast for the summit, about 1,700 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 421 m.

Today13°16°8.5 mm21 km/h SEBase 20 / 23°
Sun14°19°4.8 mm14 km/h SWBase 21 / 26°
Mon12°16°14.8 mm24 km/h SWBase 19 / 23°
Tue4°13°–17 km/h NWBase 11 / 20°
Wed5°12°–4 km/h SEBase 12 / 19°
Thu7°12°7.5 mm8 km/h SBase 14 / 19°
Fri7°13°2.5 mm9 km/h SWBase 14 / 20°
Sat3°14°0.1 mm12 km/h NWBase 10 / 21°
Sun7°12°9.7 mm6 km/h SBase 14 / 19°
Mon5°9°3.7 mm12 km/h NBase 12 / 16°

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.

Slope

Share of the 9.6 × 9.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

48.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.5%

Steep, 30–45°

8.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.3%

Steeper than 30°: 8.6% of the 92 km² view
Relief in view: 1,268 m low point 421 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 90.4%Grassland 5.3%Bare rock / sparse 3.0%Water 0.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.8 km, measured from the Mount Kirishima summit.

Summit list 8

1Mt. Io1,317 m 1.6 km NNW
2Mt. Shishiko1,429 m 2.4 km SE
3えびの岳1,293 m 2.9 km WNW
4Shiratori Yama1,363 m 3.3 km NW
5Mt. Ohata1,353 m 3.5 km ESE
6甑岳1,301 m 3.5 km N
7Shinmoedake1,421 m 3.6 km SE
8Mt. Nakadake1,332 m 4.7 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.8 km; 90 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sika Deer10
Kyushu Azalea7
Gentiana thunbergii5
Cirsium kirishimense5
Panicle Hydrangea3
Tropical Fritillary3

Where it sits

Where Mount Kirishima sits

Ranked in 1

#26 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Tōsenkyō85 km SSW

Downloads

Mount Kirishima downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Kirishima satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-09-07.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

11 m low This 3D map reads 1,689 m at the summit; the official height is 1,700 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,700 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,689 m	-11 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,676 m	-24 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 2024 (scene 2024-09-07)
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