Mount Kusatsu-Shirane
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane is a 2,165 m active stratovolcano in Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan. It is called Kusatsu Shirane to differentiate it from the Mount Nikkō-Shirane on the other side of Gunma Prefecture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,171 metres
- Description: mountain in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kusatsu-shirane”, “Mount Shirane”, “Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane”, and “Shirane-san”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mt. Moto-Shirane and Manza Onsen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kusatsu and Joshin’etsukogen National Park.
Kusatsu
Photo: SpringField1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kusatsu is a famous hot-spring resort town in Gunma, Japan. It is one of the Three Famous Springs in the 17th-century ranking of Hayashi Razan, and remains highly rated and popular.
Joshin’etsukogen National Park
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Joshin'etsukogen National Park is in the Chubu region of Japan; it is the second largest national park in Japan and consists of mountains and highlands that extend across Gunma, Nagano, and Niigata prefectures.
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane
Latitude
36.64395° or 36° 38′ 38″ northLongitude
138.52774° or 138° 31′ 40″ eastElevation
2,171 metres (7,123 feet)Open location code
8Q8WJGVH+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1116306688OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Kusatsu-Shirane from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mount Kusatsu-Shirane” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل كوساتسو-شيرانه”
- Burmese: “ခုဆဆွတ်ရှိရနဲတောင်”
- Cebuano: “Shirane San”
- Chinese: “草津白根山”
- Czech: “Kusacu-Širane”
- Dutch: “Mount Kusatsu-Shirane”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كوساتسو شيرانه”
- Finnish: “Kusatsu-Shirane”
- French: “Kusatsu-Shirane-san”
- French: “Mont Kusatsu Shirane”
- French: “mont Kusatsu-Shirane”
- French: “Mont Kusatsu-Shirane”
- Georgian: “კუსაცუ-შირანე”
- German: “Kusatsu-Shirane”
- Italian: “Monte Kusatsu-Shirane”
- Japanese: “Kusatsu-shirane-san”
- Japanese: “くさつしらねさん”
- Japanese: “白根山”
- Japanese: “草津白根山”
- Korean: “구사쓰시라네산”
- Malay: “Gunung Kusatsu-Shirane”
- Persian: “کوه کوساتسو-شیرانه”
- Russian: “Сиране”
- Slovak: “Kusacu-Širane”
- Turkish: “Kusatsu-Shirane Dağı”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ کسالٹسو شیرانے”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Suzurikawa and Kumanoyu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kusatsu-Shirane Crater Viewpoint and 涸釜.
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