Karakunidake (韓国岳) or Mount Karakuni (1,700m) is a volcano in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, Japan. It is part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park.[1][2]

Mount Karakuni
Karakunidake
Mount Karakuni, September 2008
Highest point
Elevation	1,700 m (5,600 ft)[1]
Coordinates	31°56′03″N 130°51′42″E
Geography
Mount Karakuni Kagoshima Prefecture - Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

Name

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.[3]

Some maps erroneously spell its name as "唐国岳" (Karakunidake), with the kanji "唐" in place of "韓".

See also

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