Mount Unzen
- Prominence
- 1,469 m4,820 ft
- Isolation
- 64 km
- Tonight
- 13°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h S
Mount Unzen is a 1,486 m (4,875 ft) stratovolcano in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,486 m · 4,875 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Kunimi (1,739 m)
- Region
- Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
- Protected area
- Unzen Volcanic Area Geopark
- Spanish name
- Monte Unzen
- Coordinates
- 32.7612° N, 130.2987° E
Mount Unzen 3D map
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Mount Unzen topographic map
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Unzen downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Mount Unzen
The shortest mapped route from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
From 国見岳・妙見岳登山口 駐車場 (parking)
- Distance
- 2.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +552 m−125 m (1,811 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
The mapped trail ends 150 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Unzen weather
Today · Cloudy · 13 / 17°C (55 / 63°F) · 1.9 mm · Wind 24 km/h S
Mount Unzen forecast for the summit, about 1,486 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 888 m.
- Today13°17°1.9 mm24 km/h SBase 17 / 21°
- Sun14°20°36.9 mm24 km/h SBase 18 / 23°
- Mon13°17°15.2 mm35 km/h NBase 16 / 21°
- Tue8°14°–23 km/h NBase 12 / 17°
- Wed6°11°–16 km/h NBase 10 / 14°
- Thu9°12°5.1 mm5 km/h NEBase 12 / 16°
- Fri10°13°3.2 mm11 km/h SWBase 14 / 16°
- Sat8°13°0.5 mm10 km/h NBase 11 / 17°
- Sun7°9°10.5 mm18 km/h NBase 11 / 13°
- Mon6°10°0.3 mm22 km/h NBase 10 / 14°
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 near Mount Unzen
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Unzen, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
第一展望所駐車場
Nearest campsite
雲仙オートキャンプ場
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| 第一展望所駐車場Parking | 1.8 km SW |
| 国見岳・妙見岳登山口 駐車場Parking | 2.2 km W |
| 第二展望所駐車場Parking | 2.3 km SSW |
| 雲仙オートキャンプ場Campsite | 4.8 km S |
| 田代原キャンプ場Campsite | 4.8 km NW |
| 白雲の池キャンプ場Campsite | 5.1 km SW |
How steep is the route to Mount Unzen?
The easiest mapped route, 2.7 km from 888 m to 1,315 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°1.5 km
- 15–30°1.1 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.9 km, measured from the Mount Unzen summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Mt. Fugen1,359 m 0.6 km WSW
- 2Mt. Kunimi1,347 m 1.1 km W
- 3稲生山845 m 1.2 km E
- 4野岳1,142 m 2.2 km SW
- 5石割山968 m 2.7 km WSW
- 6Yadake940 m 3.8 km SW
- 7九千部岳1,062 m 3.9 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.9 km; 54 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Domestic Cat6
- Chinese Mantis3
- Cotton Bollworm Moth2
- Domestic Goat2
- Large Brown Cicada2
- Kogane Spider2
Where Mount Unzen sits
- Region
- Nagasaki Prefecture3Japan153Asia964
Nearby places
Mount InasaPeak · 333 m↑42 km W
Kujūku IslandsLake↑79 km NW
Mount HikoPeak · 1,199 m↑99 km NE
Mount KirishimaPeak · 1,700 m↑106 km SSE
Mount KarakuniPeak · 1,700 m↑106 km SSE
More 1
How accurate is this?
23 m low This 3D map reads 1,463 m at the summit; the official height is 1,486 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 38 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,486 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,463 m | -23 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,448 m | -38 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 2025-07-29)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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