Mount Goryu | |
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五竜岳 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,814 m (9,232 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 384 m (1,260 ft)[1] |
Listing | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
Coordinates | 36°39′30″N 137°45′10″E / 36.65833°N 137.75278°E |
Naming | |
Language of name | Japanese |
Geography | |
Kurobe, Toyama and Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan | |
Parent range | Hida Mountains (Ushirotateyama Mountains) |
Mount Goryu (五竜岳, Goryu-dake) is a mountain in the Ushirotateyama Mountains in the Hida Mountains. The mountain body straddles Kurobe, Toyama and Ōmachi, Nagano, and the summit is mostly located on the Toyama side.[3] It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.[4] It is sometimes written as Goryu-dake with only "dragon" in the old font.[2]