Mount Karakuni Miyazaki Prefecture

Karakunidake or Mount Karakuni is a volcano in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, Japan. It is part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park. Karakunidake was named as such from two accounts before the Edo period: the first of which referred to the mountain's barren surface, and the second which claimed that climbers can see the distant Korean Peni…
Karakunidake or Mount Karakuni is a volcano in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, Japan. It is part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park. Karakunidake was named as such from two accounts before the Edo period: the first of which referred to the mountain's barren surface, and the second which claimed that climbers can see the distant Korean Peninsula across the sea.
  • Elevation: 1,700 m (5,600 ft)
  • Prominence: 1,391 m (4,564 ft)
  • Listing: Ribu

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