Mount Nantai
Mount Nantai is a stratovolcano in the Nikkō National Park in Tochigi Prefecture, in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. The mountain is 2,486 metres high.Photo: Uraomote yamaneko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,486 metres
- Description: mountain in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Futara-yama”, “Mount Futara”, “Mount Nantaisan”, “Nantai San”, “Nantai-zan”, “Nantaisan”, and “日光富士”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Futarasanjinja Okumiya and Kegon Falls.
Futarasanjinja Okumiya
Shinto shrine
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Futarasanjinja Okumiya is a Shinto shrine.
Kegon Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Jranar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kegon Falls is located at Lake Chūzenji in Nikkō National Park near the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The falls were formed when the Daiya River was rerouted by lava flows.
Ryūzu Falls
Waterfall
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ryūzu Falls is a waterfall located upstream from the Yugawa River which makes its way into Lake Yunoko and Lake Chūzenji. It is located near Nikkō in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Mount Nantai
- Categories: volcano, shintaisan, hometown Fuji, and landform
- Location: Tochigi, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.76521° or 36° 45′ 55″ northLongitude
139.49089° or 139° 29′ 27″ eastElevation
2,486 metres (8,156 feet)Open location code
8Q8XQF8R+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 3684227754OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Nantai from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mount Nantai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل نانتاي”
- Asturian: “Monte Nantai”
- Basque: “Nantai mendia”
- Burmese: “နန်းတိုင်းတောင်”
- Cebuano: “Nantai San”
- Chinese: “男體山”
- Czech: “Nantai”
- Czech: “Nantaisan”
- Dutch: “Mount Nantai”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت نانتاى”
- French: “Fuji de Nikkō”
- French: “mont Nantai”
- French: “Mont Nantai”
- French: “Nantai-san”
- French: “Nikkō Fuji”
- Galician: “Monte Nantai”
- German: “Nantai-san”
- German: “Nantai”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Nantai”
- Japanese: “Nantai-san”
- Japanese: “なんたいさん”
- Japanese: “男体山”
- Persian: “کوه نانتای”
- Portuguese: “Monte Nantai”
- Russian: “Нантай”
- Slovak: “Nantai”
- Spanish: “Monte Nantai”
- Turkish: “Nantai Dağı”
- Uzbek: “Nantai togʻi”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Nantai”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ نانٹائ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 9th station and 8th station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Futaarayamanoookami Goshinken and Futarayamanoookami.
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