Re: Alert raised for Supervolcano Mt Aso in Japan
Posted by
JAC on 5/17/2011, 4:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tURJSJeAZko&feature=player_embedded#at=14
Mount Aso is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world.
It stands in Aso Kuj National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kysh.
Its peak is 1592 m above sea level.
Aso has one of the largest caldera in the world (25 km north-south and 18 km east-west).
The caldera has a circumference of around 120 km (75 miles), although sources vary on the exact distance.
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