Mount Ōmuro
Mount Ōmuro is a mountain located at the northwestern foot of Mount Fuji, in Fujikawaguchiko, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. It is one of the many extinct volcanoes of Mount Fuji, and because it is located at the gentle foot of Mount Fuji, it looks like an independent peak.Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,464 metres
- Description: mountain in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Mount Omuro”, “Omuro Yama”, “Ōmuro Yama”, and “Ōmuro-yama”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aokigahara and Fujiten Snow Resort.
Aokigahara
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
Aokigahara, also known as the Sea of Trees, is a forest on the northwestern flank of the Mount Fuji on the island of Honshu in Japan, thriving on 30 square kilometres of hardened lava laid down by the last major eruption of Mount Fuji in 864 CE.
Narusawa Ice Cave
Cave
Photo: Kounoichi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Narusawa Ice Cave is a lava tube located in the Aokigahara forest, in the part that belongs to Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the three larger lava tubes at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, the other two caves being Fugaku Wind Cave and Lake Sai Bat Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Narusawa.
Narusawa
Village
Photo: Filler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Narusawa is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the village had an estimated population of 3,152 in 1257 households, and a population density of 32.6 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 89.58 square kilometres.
Mount Ōmuro
- Categories: lateral volcano and landform
- Location: Yamanashi, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.44083° or 35° 26′ 27″ northLongitude
138.65361° or 138° 39′ 13″ eastElevation
1,464 metres (4,803 feet)Open location code
8Q7WCMR3+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 6369656489OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Slovenian—“Mount Ōmuro” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “mont Ōmuro”
- Cebuano: “Ōmuro-yama”
- Chinese: “大室山”
- Japanese: “おおむろやま”
- Japanese: “大室山”
- Kurdish: “çiyayê Ōmuro”
- Persian: “کوه اومورو (کوه فوجی)”
- Persian: “کوه اومورو”
- Russian: “гора Омуро”
- Russian: “Омуро”
- Slovenian: “Omuro”
- Slovenian: “Ōmuro”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 神座風穴 and 本栖風穴.
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