Mount Oyama (Kagoshima)

Japanese: 大山(鹿児島) - おおやま
Mount Oyama (Kagoshima)

...Population: 7,456 (1995). The town is a terraced landscape made up of raised coral reefs. Karst topography has developed around the island's highest peak, Mt. Oyama (246m), which is located in the center of the town, and there are circular dolines and countless limestone caves. The settlement is formed in a ring shape near the boundary between the old and new raised coral reefs where groundwater springs up.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Mt. Oyama (Kagoshima)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口7456(1995)。隆起サンゴ礁からなる段丘状の地形で,町中央部にある島の最高峰大山(246m)を中心にカルスト地形が発達し,環状のドリーネや無数の鍾乳洞がある。地下水が湧く旧期と新期の隆起サンゴ礁の境界線付近に集落が輪状に形成されている。…

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