Earth:Mount Tateshina
Mount Tateshina | |
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蓼科山 | |
SSW side | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,530 m (8,300 ft) |
Listing | 100 Famous Japanese Mountains |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 36°6′13″N 138°17′42″E / 36.10361°N 138.295°E |
Naming | |
English translation | high mountain of water-peppers |
Language of name | Japanese |
Geography | |
Location | Honshū, Japan |
Parent range | Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Complex volcano |
Last eruption | Unknown |
Mount Tateshina (蓼科山 Tateshina-yama) also Suwa Fuji is a complex volcano located on the border of the municipalities of Chino and Tateshina in Nagano Prefecture, Japan .
It has an elevation of 2,530 m (8,301 ft). This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.
Outline
Mount Tateshina is a typical complex volcano. About the origin of the name of this mountain, tate means water-pepper, and shina means steps or high places. So Tateshina is literally a high mountain of water-peppers. The other name of this mountain Suwa Fuji, literally, Mount Fuji of the Suwa region.
Mount Tateshina is an important part of Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park.
Route
Routes to climb up Mount Tateshina are well-developed. The most popular route is to start from the Nanagome parking lot.
Gallery
Mount Tateshina from Mount Tengu
See also
- List of volcanoes in Japan
- List of mountains in Japan
References
- Shirakaba Kogen Hotel
- Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
- "Yokodake". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=283031.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount Tateshina.
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