Plumes rise from Iwoyama ("Sulfur Mountain"), one of the largest thermal areas of the Kirishima volcano group. The Iwoyama thermal area is located between Karakunidake stratovolcano and Rokannon-Miike maar in the NW part of the volcanic field.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1988 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Galleries: Volcanic Gases

Keywords: geothermal | gas | volcanic gas | fumarole | gas plume | volcanic field

Kirishimayama