Mount Taisen · 1,786 m · 23 km SSW

Stratovolcano · Ōita Prefecture

Mount Yufu

1,584 m5,197 ft

Prominence: 902 m2,959 ft
Isolation: 22 km
Tonight: 12°CCloudy · Wind 18 km/h SE

Mount Yufu is a 1,584 m (5,197 ft) stratovolcano in Ōita Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 1,584 m · 5,197 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Kuro (1,587 m)
Region: Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Aso Kujū National Park
Coordinates: 33.2807° N, 131.3929° E

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3D map

Mount Yufu 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Yufu 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 Yufu elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Yufu weather

Today · Light rain · 12 / 18°C (54 / 64°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 18 km/h SE

Mount Yufu forecast for the summit, about 1,584 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 418 m.

Today12°18°0.9 mm18 km/h SEBase 18 / 24°
Sun13°21°3.6 mm17 km/h SBase 19 / 27°
Mon11°19°15.1 mm18 km/h NWBase 17 / 26°
Tue5°12°0.3 mm24 km/h NWBase 11 / 18°
Wed3°9°–14 km/h NBase 9 / 15°
Thu8°11°0.5 mm6 km/h NBase 14 / 18°
Fri7°13°1.5 mm8 km/h WBase 14 / 19°
Sat4°13°0.1 mm15 km/h NWBase 11 / 20°
Sun5°8°7.5 mm5 km/h NWBase 11 / 14°
Mon3°7°2.0 mm21 km/h NWBase 9 / 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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

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

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

Gentle, 0–15°

42.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.6%

Steep, 30–45°

20.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.1%

Steeper than 30°: 21.9% of the 58 km² view
Relief in view: 1,154 m low point 418 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 77.1%Grassland 14.9%Built-up 4.9%Cropland 2.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.8 km, measured from the Mount Yufu summit.

Summit list 6

1Imorigajo1,067 m 1.1 km SSW
2Hyugadake1,085 m 1.3 km ESE
3飛岳925 m 2.7 km WNW
4鞍ヶ戸1,344 m 2.8 km ENE
5内山1,275 m 3.3 km NE
6Mount Tsurumi1,374 m 3.5 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.8 km; 299 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Grey Heron23
Great Egret20
Great Cormorant16
Eastern Spot-billed Duck12
Japanese Tree Frog12
Tropical Fritillary11

Where it sits

Where Mount Yufu sits

Ranked in 1

#33 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount MisenPeak · 535 m141 km NE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMount Yufu 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?

12 m low This 3D map reads 1,572 m at the summit; the official height is 1,584 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,584 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,572 m	-12 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,556 m	-28 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