Mount Haku
Mount Haku, or Mount Hakusan, is a dormant stratovolcano in Japan. It is located on the borders of Gifu and Ishikawa, on the island of Honshu. Mount Haku is thought to have first been active 300,000 to 400,000 years ago, with the most recent eruption occurring in 1659.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Hakusan National Park
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hakusan National Park is a national park in the Chūbu region of Honshū, Japan. Established in 1962, it spans the borders of Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, and Toyama prefectures.
Mount Haku
- Categories: volcano, sacred mountain, and landform
- Location: Hakusan Shi, Ishikawa, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.15505° or 36° 9′ 18″ northLongitude
136.77147° or 136° 46′ 17″ eastElevation
2,702 metres (8,865 feet)Open location code
8Q8R5Q4C+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1821390107OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
1863337Wikidata ID
Q2639098
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Haku from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Panjabi—“Mount Haku” goes by many names.
- 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”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nodani and Fukushima.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ShirayamahimeJinja Okumiya and 剣ヶ峰.
Ishikawa: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Kanazawa, Komatsu, Wajima, and Kaga.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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