Mount Nikkō-Shirane

Mount Nikkō-Shirane
日光白根山

Highest point
Elevation	2,578 m (8,458 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	1,613 m (5,292 ft) ^[1]
Listing	Ultra List of volcanoes in Japan
Coordinates	36°47′54″N 139°22′27″E / 36.79833°N 139.37417°E / 36.79833; 139.37417Coordinates: 36°47′54″N 139°22′27″E / 36.79833°N 139.37417°E / 36.79833; 139.37417 ^[1]
Geography
Mount Nikkō-Shirane Japan
Location	Honshū, Japan
Geology
Mountain type	Lava dome, Lava flow^[2]
Last eruption	July to September 1952

Mount Nikkō-Shirane (日光白根山, Nikkō-Shirane-san) is a Lava dome, Lava flow^[2] in the Nikkō National Park in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. It stands at 2,578m high, and is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.

It should not be confused with Mount Kusatsu-Shirane elsewhere in Gunma Prefecture.

References

1 2 3 "Japan Ultra-Prominences" (Listed here as "Oku-shirane-san"). Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
1 2 Nikko Shirane San - Geological Survey of Japan

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100 Famous Japanese Mountains

Tōhoku region
Jōshinetsu region

Hida Mountains (Northern Alps)	Mt. Shirouma Mt. Goryū Mt. Kashima Yari Mt. Tsurugi Mt. Tate Mt. Yakushi Mt. Kurobegorō Mt. Kuro (Suishō) Mt. Washiba Mt. Yari Mt. Hotaka Mt. Jōnen Mt. Kasa Mt. Yake Mt. Norikura

Kiso Mountains (Central Alps)	Mt. Kisokoma Mt. Utsugi Mt. Ena

Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps)	Mt. Kaikoma Mt. Senjō Mt. Hōō Mt. Kita Mt. Aino Mt. Shiomi Mt. Warusawa Mt. Akaishi Mt. Hijiri Mt. Tekari

Others	Mt. Ontake Utsukushigahara Mt. Kirigamine Mt. Tateshina Yatsugatake Mt. Haku Mt. Arashima

Western Japan

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