Mount Taisen · 1,786 m · 26 km SSW

Stratovolcano · Ōita Prefecture

Mount Tsurumi

1,374 m4,508 ft

Prominence: 552 m1,811 ft
Isolation: 3.1 km
Tonight: 13°CCloudy · Wind 18 km/h SE

Mount Tsurumi is a 1,374 m (4,508 ft) stratovolcano in Ōita Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 1,374 m · 4,508 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Yufu (1,584 m)
Region: Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Aso Kujū National Park
Coordinates: 33.2865° N, 131.4296° E

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3D map

Mount Tsurumi 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Tsurumi 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 Tsurumi elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Tsurumi weather

Today · Light rain · 13 / 19°C (55 / 66°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 18 km/h SE

Mount Tsurumi forecast for the summit, about 1,374 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 214 m.

Today13°19°0.9 mm18 km/h SEBase 20 / 26°
Sun14°22°3.6 mm17 km/h SBase 21 / 29°
Mon12°20°15.1 mm18 km/h NWBase 19 / 27°
Tue6°13°0.3 mm24 km/h NWBase 13 / 20°
Wed4°10°–14 km/h NBase 11 / 17°
Thu9°13°0.5 mm6 km/h NBase 16 / 20°
Fri9°14°1.5 mm8 km/h WBase 16 / 21°
Sat6°14°0.1 mm15 km/h NWBase 13 / 21°
Sun6°9°7.5 mm5 km/h NWBase 13 / 16°
Mon4°9°2.0 mm21 km/h NWBase 11 / 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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Tsurumi

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

Nearest parking
1.8 km SSE
+2 more within 2.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
別府ジオパーク
2.3 km E · +2 more within 3.3 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	1.8 km SSE
Parking	2.1 km S
Parking	2.1 km S
別府ジオパークCampsite	2.3 km E
ゆふの水ミュージックオートキャンプ村Campsite	3.3 km NW
Campsite	3.3 km SE

Slope

Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

35.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.6%

Steep, 30–45°

25.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.6%

Steeper than 30°: 27.1% of the 38 km² view
Relief in view: 1,198 m low point 214 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 81.3%Grassland 13.1%Built-up 4.1%Cropland 0.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.1 km, measured from the Mount Tsurumi summit.

Summit list 4

1鞍ヶ戸1,344 m 1.1 km NW
2内山1,275 m 1.7 km NNW
3Mount Ōhira810 m 2.1 km NNE
4Hyugadake1,085 m 2.5 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.1 km; 93 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Metaphire sieboldi8
Meadow Bunting4
Sika Deer4
Varied Tit3
Turkey-tail2
Sugi2

Where it sits

Where Mount Tsurumi sits

Ranked in 1

#39 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount MisenPeak · 535 m138 km NE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMount Tsurumi 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 1,372 m at the summit; the official height is 1,374 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,374 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,372 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,359 m	-15 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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Tsurumi

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources