# Kirishima Mountains

- **Country:** Japan
- **Coordinates:** 31.938056, 130.861389
- **Country:** Japan
- **Highest:** Karakuni-dake
- **Elevation M:** 1700
- **Subdivision1 Type:** Prefectures

The Kongō-class battlecruiser Kirishima of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the Kongō-class guided missile destroyer Kirishima of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force were both named after this mountain.

![Photo of Kirishima Mountains](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Shinmoe-dake_Volcano_Erupts_on_Kyushu_Feb_2011.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kirishima (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)