Stratovolcano · Kagoshima Prefecture

Sakurajima

1,117 m3,665 ft

Prominence: 1,081 m3,546 ft
Isolation: 19 km
Tonight: 18°CCloudy · Wind 24 km/h SE

Sakurajima is a 1,117 m (3,665 ft) stratovolcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 1,117 m · 3,665 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Takachiho (1,573 m)
Region: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Sakurajima-Kinkōwan Geopark
Coordinates: 31.5924° N, 130.6568° E

Open the 3D view

3D map

Sakurajima 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.4 × 8.4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sakurajima topographic map

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

Sakurajima 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.

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGSakurajima 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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Weather

Sakurajima weather

Today · Light rain showers · 18 / 21°C (64 / 70°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 24 km/h SE

Sakurajima forecast for the summit, about 1,117 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about -2 m.

Today18°21°0.8 mm24 km/h SEBase 25 / 28°
Sun18°22°1.1 mm22 km/h SBase 25 / 29°
Mon16°21°2.8 mm25 km/h SBase 23 / 27°
Tue11°18°–26 km/h NWBase 17 / 24°
Wed11°15°–6 km/h NEBase 18 / 22°
Thu13°16°5.2 mm9 km/h NEBase 20 / 23°
Fri11°17°5.6 mm9 km/h SBase 18 / 23°
Sat10°17°0.8 mm14 km/h NWBase 16 / 24°
Sun11°16°7.2 mm9 km/h EBase 18 / 22°
Mon10°13°2.7 mm23 km/h NWBase 17 / 20°

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 Sakurajima

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

Nearest parking
黒神埋没鳥居駐車場
4.8 km E · +2 more within 4.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Kagoshima Glamping YOSHIZORA
7.7 km NW
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	4.7 km SW
Parking	4.7 km WSW
黒神埋没鳥居駐車場Parking	4.8 km E
Kagoshima Glamping YOSHIZORACampsite	7.7 km NW

Slope

Share of the 8.4 × 8.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 63% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

63.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

26.2%

Steep, 30–45°

10.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.7%

Steeper than 30°: 10.8% of the 71 km² view
Relief in view: 1,106 m low point -2 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 70.5%Bare rock / sparse 13.1%Water 11.5%Built-up 2.4%Grassland 2.4%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.2 km, measured from the Sakurajima summit.

Summit list 7

1中岳1,060 m 0.9 km S
2Hikinodaira563 m 2.0 km SW
3Harutayama408 m 2.2 km W
4Yunohira374 m 2.5 km W
5権現山350 m 2.7 km ESE
6鍋山359 m 3.3 km SE
7愛宕山167 m 4.0 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.2 km; 67 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Japanese knotweed5
Meadow Bunting4
Black Kite3
Japanese Grass Lizard3
Leopard-plant3
Red Machilus3

Where it sits

Where Sakurajima sits

Ranked in 1

#43 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount KirishimaPeak · 1,700 m43 km NNE

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

13 m low This 3D map reads 1,104 m at the summit; the official height is 1,117 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,117 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,104 m	-13 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,096 m	-21 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

Sakurajima

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources