Mount Asama
Mount Asama is an active complex volcano in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. The volcano is the most active on Honshū. The Japan Meteorological Agency classifies Mount Asama as rank A.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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: “Mt. Asama”
Photo: Yu.nakai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ski Mania, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mt. Kurofu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miyota.
Miyota
Town
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Miyota is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the town had an estimated population of 15,562 in 6897 households, and a population density of 260 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 58.79 square kilometres. Miyota is situated 9 km south of Mount Asama.
Mount Asama
- Categories: stratovolcano, complex volcano, and landform
- Location: Karuizawa, Kitasaku district, Nagano, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.40655° or 36° 24′ 24″ northLongitude
138.52295° or 138° 31′ 23″ eastElevation
2,568 metres (8,425 feet)Open location code
8Q8WCG4F+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 510162677OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Asama from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Mount Asama” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Mali Asama”
- Albanian: “Mount Asama”
- Arabic: “أساما”
- Arabic: “جبل أساما”
- Azerbaijani: “Asama dağı”
- Azerbaijani: “Asama”
- Belarusian: “Асама”
- Belarusian: “Вулкан Асама”
- Burmese: “အဆမတောင်”
- Catalan: “mont Asama”
- Catalan: “Mont Asama”
- Cebuano: “Asama-yama”
- Central Kurdish: “چیای ئاساما”
- Chinese: “浅间山”
- Chinese: “淺間山”
- Chinese: “淺間火山”
- Czech: “Asama”
- Danish: “Asama”
- Dutch: “Asama”
- Dutch: “Mount Asama”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اساما”
- Estonian: “Asama”
- Finnish: “Asama-Yama”
- Finnish: “Asama”
- Finnish: “Asamayama”
- French: “Asama-yama”
- French: “Asama”
- French: “mont Asama”
- French: “Mont Asama”
- Georgian: “ასამა”
- German: “Asama-yama”
- 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: “Mount Asama”
- Malayalam: “അസാമാ പർവ്വതം”
- Marathi: “माउंट असामा”
- Minangkabau: “Gunuang Asama”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Asama”
- Norwegian: “Asama”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Asama”
- Persian: “کوه آساما”
- Polish: “Asama-yama”
- Polish: “Asama”
- Portuguese: “Monte Asama”
- Romanian: “Muntele Asama”
- Russian: “Асама”
- Russian: “Асамаяма”
- Scots: “Mount Asama”
- Slovak: “Asama”
- Slovenian: “Asama”
- Spanish: “Asama”
- Spanish: “Monte Asama”
- Spanish: “Volcan Asama”
- Spanish: “Volcán 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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mt. Maekake and Mt. Kengamine.
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