Mount Koya
Mount Kōya is a mountain in Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka, Japan, primarily known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.
- Quarter
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,000 metres (3,280 feet)
- Description: Buddhist temple complex and settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as“Kōya-san”“大字高野山”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kongobu-ji and Koyasan University.
Kongobu-ji
Kongōbu-ji is the ecclesiastic head temple of Kōyasan…
Koyasan University
Koyasan University is a private university in Mount Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Kōyasan Station
Kōyasan Station is a passenger railway station in the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kōya.
Kōya
Kōya is a town located in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Mount Koya
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Latitude
34.2121° or 34° 12′ 44″ north
Longitude
135.582° or 135° 34′ 55″ east
Open location code
8Q6Q6H6J+RR
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Mount Koya” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կոյա սան”
- Burmese: “ခိုးယတောင်”
- Catalan: “Kōya-san”
- Catalan: “Mont Kōya”
- Cebuano: “Kōya-san”
- Chinese: “高野山”
- Czech: “Kója”
- Dutch: “Koyasan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كويا”
- Esperanto: “Monto Koja”
- Finnish: “Kōyavuori”
- French: “Kōya-san”
- French: “Mont Kōya”
- German: “Kōya-san”
- German: “Kōya”
- Greek: “Κōγια-σαν”
- Greek: “Κόγια-σαν”
- Greek: “Όρος Κōγια”
- Greek: “Όρος Κόγια”
- Hebrew: “הר קויה”
- Hungarian: “Kója-hegy”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Kōya”
- Italian: “Monte Kōya”
- Japanese: “Kōya-san”
- Japanese: “こうやさん”
- Japanese: “高野山”
- Korean: “고야산”
- Ladin: “Kōya-san”
- Lithuanian: “Kojos kalnas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kōyafjellet”
- Norwegian: “Kōya-fjellet”
- Persian: “کوه کویا”
- Polish: “Kōya-san”
- Portuguese: “Monte Koya”
- Russian: “Коя-сан”
- Slovak: “Kója”
- Slovenian: “gora Koja”
- Spanish: “Monte Kōya”
- Swedish: “Kōyaberget”
- Tatar: “Көя тавы”
- Turkish: “Kōya Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Коя”
- Venetian: “Monte Kōya”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Koya”
- Welsh: “Kōyasan”
- Wu Chinese: “高野山”
- Yue Chinese: “高野山”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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