The is a mountain range on the borders of
Nara
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and
Osaka Prefectures on the island of
Honshū
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in the southwest of central Japan. The range separates the
Osaka Plain and the
Nara Basin, and forms a natural place for the boundary between the prefectures. The primary mountain in the range is
Mount Kongō
is a mountain in the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan. It is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi.
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, and is contained within the
Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park.
Geography
The Kongō Range is about long, from the
Yamato River in the north to the
Kino River
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in the south. East to West, it averages about wide. The mountains in the range are from to in elevation. At Chihaya Pass, the ridgeline turns west and the
Izumi Mountains
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begin at that point. They stretch along the border between Osaka and
Wakayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 () and has a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefect ...
s.
Mountains in the range
Listed in order of elevation.
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Mount Kongō
is a mountain in the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan. It is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi.
The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy's 1877 ironclad ''Kongō' ...
,
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Mount Yamato Katsuragi,
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Mount Nijō has two peaks:
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Odake,
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Medake,
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Myōjin Mountain,
Gallery
File:Kongo-zakura4.jpg, Kongō cherry blossoms in spring
File:Mount Kongo(Kongosanchi)7.jpg, Mount Kongō
is a mountain in the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan. It is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi.
The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy's 1877 ironclad ''Kongō' ...
File:Mount Yamatokatsurag9.jpg, Mount Yamato Katsuragi
File:Mount Iwahashi2.jpg, Mount Iwahashi
File:Mt.Nijyo.jpg, The double peaks of Mount Nijō
References
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Nara Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture