Mount Haku

Mount Haku, or Hakusan, is a dormant stratovolcano in . It is located on the borders of and , on the island of . Mount Haku is thought to have first been active 300,000 to 400,000 years ago, with the most recent eruption occurring in 1659.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,702 metres
  • Description: mountain in Ishikawa and Gifu Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Haku-san”, “Hakusan”, “Mount Hakusan”, and “御前峰”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hakusan National Park and Mount Nanakura.

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is a in the of Honshū, . Established in 1962, it spans the borders of , , , and prefectures.

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is a peak.

Peak
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is a peak.

Mount Haku

Latitude
36.15505° or 36° 9′ 18″ north
Longitude
136.77147° or 136° 46′ 17″ east
Elevation
2,702 metres (8,865 feet)
Open location code
8Q8R5Q4C+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1821390107
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­survey_point
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1863337
Wiki­data ID
Q2639098
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Satellite Map

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

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Mount Haku” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Monte Haku”
  • Azerbaijani: “Haku dağı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Haku-san (dağ)”
  • Basque: “Haku mendia”
  • Burmese: “ဟခုတောင်”
  • Catalan: “Haku”
  • Catalan: “mont Haku”
  • Cebuano: “Haku-san”
  • Central Bikol: “Bukid nin Haku”
  • Chinese: “白山”
  • Czech: “Hakusan”
  • Dutch: “Hakusan”
  • Dutch: “Mount Haku”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت هاكو”
  • Esperanto: “Blanka Monto”
  • Estonian: “Haku mägi”
  • Estonian: “Hakusan”
  • French: “Haku-san”
  • French: “Hakusan”
  • French: “mont Haku”
  • French: “Mont Haku”
  • Georgian: “ჰაკუსანი”
  • German: “Haku-san”
  • Hungarian: “Haku-hegy”
  • Hungarian: “Hakuszan”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Haku”
  • Italian: “Haku-san”
  • Italian: “Hakusan”
  • Italian: “Monte Haku”
  • Japanese: “Hakusan”
  • Japanese: “白山”
  • Korean: “하쿠산”
  • Macedonian: “Планина Хаку”
  • Malay: “Gunung Haku”
  • Malayalam: “Mount Haku”
  • Malayalam: “ഹകു പർവതം”
  • Persian: “کوه هاکو”
  • Russian: “Хаку”
  • Russian: “Хакусан”
  • Slovak: “Hakusan”
  • Slovenian: “Haku”
  • Spanish: “Monte Haku”
  • Turkish: “Haku Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Хаку”
  • Ukrainian: “Хакусан”
  • Uzbek: “Haku togʻi”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Haku”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ ہاکو”

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