Kyogatake (Nagasaki/Saga)

Japanese: 経ヶ岳(長崎・佐賀) - きょうがたけ
Kyogatake (Nagasaki/Saga)

...The upper part of the mountain has a depression stretching 6.5km from east to west and 4km from north to south, but it is unclear whether this is a caldera or simply an eroded formation. A series of peaks, including Toume-dake (849m), the highest peak Kyoga-dake (1076m), Tara-dake (983m), and Gokabaru-dake (1058m), form the edge of this depression. The main part of the mountain is mainly composed of pyroclastic rocks and lava of hornblende andesite, but the foothills are distributed with bedrock rocks and new basaltic lava, and Takezaki, facing the Ariake Sea, retains the form of a scoria (debris) cone. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kyogatake (Nagasaki/Saga)" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…山体上部には東西6.5km,南北4kmにおよぶ凹地形があるが,これがカルデラであるか,単なる浸食地形であるかは不明。この凹地形の縁をなすように,遠目岳(849m),最高峰の経ヶ岳(1076m),多良岳(983m),五家原(ごかばる)岳(1058m)などの峰が連なる。山体主部はおもに角セン石安山岩質の火砕岩類と溶岩からなるが,山麓には基盤岩類とともに新期の玄武岩質溶岩が分布しており,有明海に面した竹崎はスコリア(岩屑)丘の形態をとどめている。…

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