Iimoriyama (Nagasaki)

Japanese: 飯盛山(長崎) - いいもりやま
Iimoriyama (Nagasaki)

…It faces Omura Bay to the east, Goto Nada to the west, and Sasebo Bay to the north, and can be divided into the Seihi Mountains, which form the main body, the hills in the east and northwest, and the lava plateau in the north. The Seihi Mountains are an elevated peneplain of black crystalline schist at an elevation of about 400m, with Imoriyama (531m) and Yakeyama (416m) being remnants of hills on the peneplain surface. The lava plateau in the north, made of basalt, is about 200m above sea level, and Kokuzoyama (307m) in the center is a pyroclastic cone that erupted on the plateau. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Imoriyama (Nagasaki)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…東は大村湾,西は五島灘,北は佐世保湾に面し,胴体部をなす西彼(せいひ)山地,東部と北西部の丘陵地,そして北部の溶岩台地に区分できる。西彼山地は黒色の結晶片岩からなる標高400m前後の隆起準平原で,飯盛山(531m),焼山(416m)などは準平原面上の残丘である。北部の玄武岩からなる溶岩台地は標高200m前後で,中央の虚空蔵(こくぞう)山(307m)は台地上に噴出した火山砕屑丘である。…

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