Japanese Alps

Location map of the Japanese Alps

The Japanese Alps ( Japanese 日本 ア ル プ ス , Nihon Arupusu ) are a mountain range on the Japanese island of Honshū , consisting of the mountain ranges of the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps), the Kiso Mountains (Central Alps) and the Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps).

In the Japanese Alps there are three-thousand-meter peaks such as the Kita-dake with 3193 m  HP and the Hotaka-dake with 3190 m  HP

Mount Ontake ( 3067 m  TP ) is not only goal of pilgrimages , but also an active volcano , its last eruptions were in 1979, 1980 and, 2014.

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  Akaishi Mountains

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  Hida Mountains

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  Kiso Mountains

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Panorama of the Japanese Alps

See also

• European Alps and other mountains with the same name in the definition of the Alps
• List of mountains or elevations in Japan

Web links

Commons : Japanese Alps  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 3 Rescued, 32 Missing As Volcano Erupts In Japan. Associated Press, September 27, 2014 (accessed September 28, 2014).

Coordinates: 36 ° 0 '  N , 138 ° 0'  E