Mount Asama

Mount Asama is an active stratovolcano in central Honshū, the main island of . The volcano is the most active on Honshū. The classifies Mount Asama as rank A.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,568 metres
  • Description: volcano on the border of Gunma and Nagano prefectures in Japan
  • Also known as: “Asama-Yama”, “Mt. Asama”, “Volcan Asama”, “Volcán Asama”, “Асамаяма”, “أساما”, and “淺間火山”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Mt. Kurofu and Mount Jakotsu.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miyota.

Town
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is a town located in , Japan. is situated 9 km south of Mount Asama.

Mount Asama

Latitude
36.40655° or 36° 24′ 24″ north
Longitude
138.52295° or 138° 31′ 23″ east
Elevation
2,568 metres (8,425 feet)
Open location code
8Q8WCG4F+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 510162677
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1865040
Wiki­data ID
Q242730
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Mount Asama” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Mali Asama”
  • Albanian: “Mount Asama”
  • Arabic: “جبل أساما”
  • Azerbaijani: “Asama dağı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Asama”
  • Belarusian: “Асама”
  • Burmese: “အဆမတောင်”
  • Catalan: “mont Asama”
  • Catalan: “Mont Asama”
  • Cebuano: “Asama-yama”
  • Central Kurdish: “چیای ئاساما”
  • Chinese: “浅间山”
  • Chinese: “淺間山”
  • Czech: “Asama”
  • Danish: “Asama”
  • Dutch: “Asama”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اساما”
  • Estonian: “Asama”
  • Finnish: “Asama”
  • French: “Asama”
  • French: “mont Asama”
  • French: “Mont Asama”
  • Georgian: “ასამა”
  • German: “Asama”
  • Hebrew: “הא אסאמה”
  • Hebrew: “הר אסאמה”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Asama”
  • Italian: “Asama”
  • Italian: “Monte Asama”
  • Japanese: “Asamayama”
  • Japanese: “あさまやま”
  • Japanese: “浅間山”
  • Javanese: “Gunung Asama”
  • Kazakh: “Asama”
  • Kazakh: “Асама”
  • Kazakh: “اساما”
  • Korean: “아사마산”
  • Lithuanian: “Asama”
  • Macedonian: “Асама”
  • Malayalam: “അസാമാ പർവ്വതം”
  • Marathi: “माउंट असामा”
  • Minangkabau: “Gunuang Asama”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Asama”
  • Norwegian: “Asama”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Asama”
  • Persian: “کوه آساما”
  • Polish: “Asama”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Asama”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Asama”
  • Russian: “Асама”
  • Scots: “Moont Asama”
  • Slovak: “Asama”
  • Slovenian: “Asama”
  • Spanish: “Asama”
  • Spanish: “Monte Asama”
  • Swedish: “Asama”
  • Thai: “เขาอาซามะ”
  • Turkish: “Asama Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Асама”
  • Uzbek: “Asama”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Asama”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ اسامہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “浅间山”
  • Yue Chinese: “淺間山”

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