Mount Daisen

Mount Daisen
大山
Mount Daisen from the West
Highest point
Elevation	1,729 m (5,673 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,634 m (5,361 ft)[1]
Listing	Ultra List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates	35°22′16″N 133°32′47″E / 35.37111°N 133.54639°E / 35.37111; 133.54639
Naming
English translation	Big Mountain
Language of name	Japanese
Pronunciation	Japanese: [daiseɴ]
Geography
Mount Daisen Japan
Location	Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Parent range	Chūgoku Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Complex volcano
Last eruption	Estimated 17,000-18,000 years ago
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

Mount Daisen (大山, Daisen) is a dormant stratovolcano in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It has an elevation of 1,729 metres. This mountain is the highest in the Chūgoku region, and the most important volcano on the Daisen volcanic belt, which is a part of the Southwestern Honshu volcanic arc, where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Amurian Plate.^{[citation needed]}