Mount Kurohime

Mount Kurohime
黒姫山
Seen from the ESE
Highest point
Elevation2,053 m (6,736 ft)[1][2]
Prominence496 m (1,627 ft)[1]
ListingFive Mountains of Northern Shinshu
Coordinates36°48′48″N 138°07′38″E / 36.81333°N 138.12722°E / 36.81333; 138.12722[3]
Geography
Mount Kurohime is located in Nagano Prefecture
Mount Kurohime
Mount Kurohime
Mount Kurohime is located in Japan
Mount Kurohime
Mount Kurohime
Mount Kurohime (Japan)
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano

Mount Kurohime (Japanese: 黒姫山 Kurohime-yama) is a 2,053-metre (6,736 ft) stratovolcano located in Shinano town (信濃町), Nagano Prefecture, Japan.[3] The mountain is one of the 200 most famous mountains in Japan (日本に百名山), and one of the 100 most famous mountains in Nagano (信州百名山).

Mount Kurohime is one of the "Five Mountains of Northern Shinshu" (北信五岳), which also includes two mountains located in Nagano City, Mount Iizuna (飯縄山), located 8.2 km to the south of Mount Kurohime, and Mount Togakushi (戸隠山), located 8 km to the southwest; Mount Madarao (斑尾山), located 13.4 km to the east-northeast in Shinano town and Iiyama; and Mount Myōkō (妙高山), located 8.8 km to the north in Myōkō city, Niigata Prefecture.

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