Mount Hiuchigatake

Mount Hiuchi-ga-take
燧ヶ岳

Highest point
Elevation	2,356 m (7,730 ft)
Coordinates	36°57′18″N 139°17′07″E / 36.95500°N 139.28528°E / 36.95500; 139.28528Coordinates: 36°57′18″N 139°17′07″E / 36.95500°N 139.28528°E / 36.95500; 139.28528
Geography
Mount Hiuchi-ga-take Tōhoku, Japan
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1544
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

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Mount Hiuchigatake (燧ヶ岳, Hiuchi-ga-take) is the tallest mountain in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The summit is in Minamiaizu, Hinoemata in Fukushima Prefecture, and is 2,356 m (7,730 ft) tall.

Mount Hiuchigatake is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.

References

Global Volcanism Program
Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, Teikoku-Shoin co., Ltd, Tokyo 1990, ISBN 4-8071-0004-1

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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