Stratovolcano · Kagoshima Prefecture

Otake

979 m3,212 ft

Isolation: 76 km
Tonight: 21°CPartly cloudy · Wind 50 km/h SE

Otake is a 979 m (3,212 ft) stratovolcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 979 m · 3,212 ft
Prominence: 979 m · 3,212 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Kuromi (1,831 m)
Region: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates: 29.8590° N, 129.8571° E

Open the 3D view

3D map

Otake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8 × 8 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Otake 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

Otake elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Otake weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 21 / 22°C (70 / 72°F) · Wind 50 km/h SE

Otake forecast for the summit, about 979 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 0 m.

Today21°22°–50 km/h SEBase 27 / 28°
Sun21°21°1.2 mm42 km/h SWBase 27 / 27°
Mon19°21°0.9 mm52 km/h NWBase 25 / 27°
Tue17°19°–46 km/h NBase 22 / 24°
Wed16°16°–37 km/h NBase 21 / 22°
Thu18°19°4.0 mm22 km/h SEBase 24 / 24°
Fri17°18°1.1 mm15 km/h NBase 23 / 24°
Sat17°18°0.1 mm30 km/h NBase 23 / 24°
Sun17°18°3.4 mm25 km/h SBase 23 / 24°
Mon16°18°0.3 mm48 km/h NBase 22 / 24°

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.

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 68% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

67.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

23.6%

Steep, 30–45°

8.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.5%

Steeper than 30°: 8.5% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 973 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 53.1%Trees 45.7%Grassland 0.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Otake sits

Ranked in 1

#46 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount ShiroyamaPeak · 107 m205 km NNE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGOtake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 973 m at the summit; the official height is 979 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	979 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	973 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	959 m	-20 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 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
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 · Wikipedia