Kikai Caldera

Kikai Caldera
Kikai Caldera
Highest point
Peak	Mount Iō (Iōjima), Iōjima, Ōsumi Islands, Japan
Elevation	704 m (2,310 ft)
Coordinates	30°47′N 130°19′E / 30.79°N 130.31°E
Dimensions
Length	17 km (11 mi) NS
Width	20 km (12 mi) EW
Naming
Native name	鬼界カルデラ (Japanese)
Geography
Country	Japan
State	Kagoshima Prefecture
Region	Ōsumi Islands
District	Kagoshima District
Subdivisions	Mount Yahazu; Mount Iō (Iōjima); Mount Inamura (Iōjima); Iōjima; Shin Iōjima; Takeshima; Mount Nakasone; Mount Asase; Mount Shitakisone; Iō Tai; Takeshima Tai;
Municipality	Mishima
Geology
Rock age	6,300 to 95,000 years ago

Kikai Caldera (鬼界カルデラ, Kikai karudera) (alternatively Kikaiga-shima, Kikai Caldera Complex) is a massive, mostly submerged caldera up to 19 kilometres (12 mi) in diameter in the Ōsumi Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.^[2]

^ "Kikai | Volcano World | Oregon State University". volcano.oregonstate.edu. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
^ "噴火史 - Iwojima". gbank.gsj.jp. Retrieved 2023-05-25.

[1] "Kikai | Volcano World | Oregon State University". volcano.oregonstate.edu. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 2017-04-11.

[gbank-2] "噴火史 - Iwojima". gbank.gsj.jp. Retrieved 2023-05-25.

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