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Chuo Alps

Chuo Alps or Kiso Mountains or Central Alps are a mountain range mostly located in . There are several hiking routes in the mountains and most of them are suitable for all hikers and require only a little earlier experience.
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  • Type: mountain range
  • Description: mountain range in Nagano Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Central Alps”, “Chūō Alps”, and “Kiso Mountains”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Kisokoma and Mt. Hoken.

Peak
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is a mountain located in Miyada, Kamiina District, and and Agematsu, Kiso District, , in the of .

Peak
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Mount Hōken is one of major peaks in Kiso Mountains or Central Alps, , . It is 2,931 m high, and its shape is sharp pyramidal peak.

Peak
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is amongst the Kiso Mountains, located in the Kiso District, , in the of . It is 2,846 m tall. It is composed of Granite, and has a 120 m long 30 m wide cirque covered in dense vegetation, mainly pine trees.

Chuo Alps

Latitude
35.79° or 35° 47′ 24″ north
Longitude
137.804° or 137° 48′ 14″ east
Open location code
8Q7VQRQ3+XH
Wiki­data ID
Q1072062
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Satellite Map

Discover Chuo Alps from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Chuo Alps” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kiso mendikatea”
  • Bulgarian: “Кисо (хребет)”
  • Bulgarian: “Кисо”
  • Catalan: “muntanyes Kiso”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes Kiso”
  • Central Kurdish: “چیاکانی کیسۆ”
  • Chinese: “木曾山脉”
  • Chinese: “木曾山脈”
  • Dutch: “Kisogebergte”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبال كيسو”
  • Esperanto: “Kiso montaro”
  • French: “Kiso-sanmyaku”
  • French: “monts Kiso”
  • French: “Monts Kiso”
  • Georgian: “კისოს მთები”
  • German: “Kiso-Gebirge”
  • Hebrew: “הרי קיסו”
  • Italian: “Monti Kiso”
  • Japanese: “きそさんみゃく”
  • Japanese: “中央アルプス”
  • Japanese: “木曽山脈”
  • Japanese: “木曾山脈”
  • Korean: “기소산맥”
  • Ladin: “Crëps de Kiso”
  • Lithuanian: “Kiso kalnai”
  • Persian: “کوه‌های کیسو”
  • Polish: “Góry Kiso”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas de Kiso”
  • Russian: “Кисо”
  • Slovenian: “Centralne Alpe”
  • Slovenian: “Čuojske Alpe”
  • Slovenian: “Kisoško gorovje”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Kiso”
  • Spanish: “Montanas Kiso”
  • Spanish: “Montañas Kiso”
  • Turkish: “Kiso Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Гори Кісо”
  • Ukrainian: “Хребет Кісо”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральні Альпи”
  • Venetian: “Monti Kiso”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Chuo Alps”. Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0.