Ata Caldera | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Kaimon, 31°10′48″N 130°31′42″E / 31.18000°N 130.52833°E |
Elevation | 924 m (3,031 ft) |
Coordinates | 31°24′N 130°38′E / 31.40°N 130.64°E[3] |
Dimensions | |
Length | 25 km (16 mi) NS |
Width | 15 km (9.3 mi) EW |
Naming | |
Native name | 阿多カルデラ (Japanese) |
Geography | |
Country | Japan |
State | Kagoshima Prefecture |
Region | Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Kimotsuki District, Tarumizu |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pleistocene (240,000 years ago) onwards |
Mountain type | Caldera Somma volcano |
Last eruption | 885 CE[3] |
Ata Caldera (阿多カルデラ, Ata karudera), containing the Ata North Caldera, Mount Kaimon and Ikeda Caldera amongst other volcanoes, is a massive, ill defined, mostly submerged volcanic caldera associated with the southern portions of Kagoshima Bay.