Mount Hiko
Mount Hiko, is a mountain on the border between Fukuoka Prefecture and Ōita Prefecture in Kyūshū, Japan. It straddles the municipalities of Soeda, Fukuoka and Nakatsu, Ōita, with its elevation of 1,199 metres metres within the borders of Nakatsu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,200 metres
- Description: mountain in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Hiko San”, “Hikosan”, and “Mt. Hiko”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hikosan Jingū.
Hikosan Jingū
Shinto shrine
Photo: 宗教法人英彦山神宮, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hikosan Jingū is a Shinto shrine located in Soeda, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. Located on the boundary between Fukuoka and Oita Prefectures, Hiko-san has been venerated from ancient times as a sacred mountain.
Mount Hiko
- Categories: mountain, sacred mountain, and landform
- Location: Soeda Machi, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.47625° or 33° 28′ 35″ northLongitude
130.92596° or 130° 55′ 34″ eastElevation
1,200 metres (3,937 feet)Open location code
8Q5GFWGG+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1726312796OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Hiko from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Mount Hiko” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hiko San”
- Central Kurdish: “چیای ھیکۆ”
- Chinese: “英彥山”
- Chinese: “英彦山”
- Dutch: “Hiko San”
- Dutch: “Mount Hiko”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت هيكو”
- French: “Hiko-san”
- French: “mont Hiko”
- French: “Mont Hiko”
- Italian: “Monte Hiko”
- Japanese: “Hiko-san”
- Japanese: “ひこさん”
- Japanese: “英彦山”
- Ladin: “Mont Hiko”
- Venetian: “Monte Hiko”
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Highlights include 英彦山神社 and Mt. Kitadake.
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