Earth:Mount Kurohime
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Short description: Stratovolcano on the island of Honshu, Japan
Mount Kurohime | |
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黒姫山 | |
Seen from the ESE | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,053 m (6,736 ft) [1][2] |
Prominence | 496 m (1,627 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 36°48′48″N 138°07′38″E / 36.81333°N 138.12722°E [3] |
Geography | |
Nagano Prefecture, Japan | |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Mount Kurohime (Japanese: 黒姫山 Kurohime-yama) is a 2,053-metre (6,736 ft) stratovolcano located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan .[3]
It is one of the "Five Mountains of Northern Shinshu" (北信五岳), which also includes Mount Iizuna (飯縄山), Mount Myōkō (i妙高山), Mount Togakushi (戸隠山) and Mount Madarao (斑尾山).
See Also
- List of volcanoes in Japan
- List of mountains in Japan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mt. Kurohime" (in en). PeakVisor. https://peakvisor.com/peak/mt-kurohime.html.
- ↑ "Mount Kurohime". http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=-22220.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kurohime Yama". Geological Survey of Japan. https://gbank.gsj.jp/volcano/Quat_Vol/volcano_data/E47.html.
External links
- Kurohime Yama - Geological Survey of Japan
- "Kurohime". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=283843.