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Iwate
Iwate District

Mount Iwate

Mount Iwate is a stratovolcano complex in the Ōu Mountains of western , in the of northern Honshū, . With an elevation of 2,038 metres, it is the highest in .
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,038 metres
  • Description: mountain in Iwate Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Gandschu”, “Ganju-san”, “Ganju-yama”, “Ganzyusan”, “Iwate Mountain”, “Iwate san”, “Iwate-yama”, “Iwawasehi”, “Mount Ganju”, “Mt. Iwate”, “南部富士”, “南部片富士”, and “岩手富士”

Mount Iwate

Latitude
39.85015° or 39° 51′ 1″ north
Longitude
141.00209° or 141° 0′ 8″ east
Elevation
2,038 metres (6,686 feet)
Open location code
8RF3V222+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5214573299
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
2112516
Wiki­data ID
Q713836
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Satellite Map

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

From Burmese to Western Panjabi—“Mount Iwate” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “အိဝတဲတောင်”
  • Catalan: “mont Iwate”
  • Cebuano: “Iwate San”
  • Chinese: “岩手山”
  • Czech: “Iwate”
  • Dutch: “Mount Iwate”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت ايوات”
  • French: “Fuji d’Iwate”
  • French: “Fuji de Nanbu”
  • French: “Fuji du Sud”
  • French: “Iwate-san”
  • French: “mont Iwate”
  • French: “Mont Iwate”
  • French: “Nambu-Kata Fuji”
  • German: “Iwate-Berg”
  • German: “Iwate-san”
  • German: “Iwate”
  • Japanese: “Iwate-san”
  • Japanese: “いわてさん”
  • Japanese: “岩手山”
  • Japanese: “巌鷲山”
  • Korean: “이와테산”
  • Ladin: “Mont Iwate”
  • Latin: “Mons Iwate”
  • Persian: “کوه ایواته”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Iwate”
  • Russian: “Ивате”
  • Slovak: “Iwate”
  • Spanish: “Monte Iwate”
  • Thai: “ภูเขาอิวาเตะ”
  • Turkish: “Iwate Dağı”
  • Uzbek: “Ivate togʻi”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Iwate”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ ایواٹے”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Iwate”. Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.