There are 21 three-thousanders (
mountain
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s with elevations of or greater) in
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
.
The tallest is
Mount Fuji
is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of . It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra), a ...
, at .
Geography
There are
three-thousanders in the following regions:
* The ''independent peaks'' of Mount Fuji and
Mount Ontake.
* In the ''
Hida Mountains'' ("Northern Alps") are
Mount Okuhotaka,
Mount Yari,
Mount Karasawa,
Mount Kitahotaka,
Mount Ōbami,
Mount Maehotaka,
Mount Naka,
Mount Minami,
Mount Norikura and
Mount Tate.
* In the ''
Akaishi Mountains'' ("Southern Alps") are
Mount Kita,
Mount Aino,
Mount Warusawa,
Mount Akaishi,
Mount Arakawa,
Mount Nishinōtori,
Mount Shiomi,
Mount Senjō and
Mount Hijiri.
The next tallest mountain is
Mount Tsurugi, which has a height of .
In the areas exceeding above sea level, there is a belt of
Siberian dwarf pine
''Pinus pumila'', commonly known as the Siberian dwarf pine, dwarf Siberian pine, dwarf stone pine, Japanese stone pine, or creeping pine, is a tree in the family Pinaceae native plant, native to northeastern Asia and the Japan, Japanese isles. ...
; the
alpine plant
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grows here naturally. The Siberian dwarf pine belt is a key habitat of the
rock ptarmigan
The rock ptarmigan (''Lagopus muta'') is a medium-sized game bird in the grouse family. It is known simply as the ptarmigan in Europe. It is the official bird for the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where it is known as the ''aqiggiq'' (ᐊᕿ ...
.
21 mountains
References
See also
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List of mountains in Japan
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Hida Mountains,
Chūbu-Sangaku National Park
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Akaishi Mountains,
Minami Alps National Park
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Mountains
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...