Gunma
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Katashina Mura

Mount Nikkō-Shirane

Mount Nikkō-Shirane is a stratovolcano in the Nikkō National Park in central Honshū, the main island of . It stands at 2,578 m high. It is the highest mountain in north eastern Japan.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,578 metres
  • Description: mountain in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Mount Nikko-Shirane”, “Mount Oku-Shirane”, “Mount Shirane”, “Nikkō-shirane”, “Oku-Shirane San”, “Shirane San”, “Shirane-san”, “Shirane-yama”, and “Siranesan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Goshiki Pond and Sugenuma.

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Lake
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Mount Nikkō-Shirane

Latitude
36.79861° or 36° 47′ 55″ north
Longitude
139.37592° or 139° 22′ 33″ east
Elevation
2,578 metres (8,458 feet)
Open location code
8Q8XQ9XG+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3260851383
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1851885
Wiki­data ID
Q2360542
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Nikkō-Shirane from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Western Panjabi—“Mount Nikkō-Shirane” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “နစ်ခိုးရှိရနဲတောင်”
  • Catalan: “mont Nikkō-Shirane”
  • Cebuano: “Shirane San”
  • Chinese: “日光白根山”
  • Czech: “Nikkó-Širane”
  • Dutch: “Mount Nikkō-Shirane”
  • Dutch: “Shirane San”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت نيكو شيران”
  • French: “mont Nikkō-Shirane”
  • French: “Mont Nikkō-Shirane”
  • French: “mont Oku-Shirane”
  • French: “mont Shirane”
  • German: “Mount Nikkō-Shirane”
  • German: “Nikkō-Shirane”
  • Italian: “Monte Nikkō-Shirane”
  • Japanese: “Nikkōshiranesan”
  • Japanese: “Shirane San”
  • Japanese: “しらねさん”
  • Japanese: “奥白根山”
  • Japanese: “日光白根山”
  • Japanese: “白根山”
  • Persian: “کوه نیکو شیران”
  • Russian: “Никко-Сиранэ”
  • Russian: “Оку-Сиранэ”
  • Russian: “Сиранэ”
  • Slovak: “Nikkó-Širane”
  • Spanish: “Mont Oku-Shirane”
  • Spanish: “Monte Nikkō-Shirane”
  • Spanish: “Monte Shirane”
  • Turkish: “Nikkō-Shirane Dağı”
  • Uzbek: “Nikkō-Shirane togʻi”
  • Venetian: “Monte Nikkō-Shirane”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ نکو-شیرانے”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Nikkō-Shirane”. Photo: Kenlo Nasahara, CC BY-SA 4.0.