, also known as in Okinawan, is a mountain in Kunigami on the main island of Okinawa in

Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city o ...

. It has an elevation of , but Yonaha-dake triangulation station is located at the next peak of elevation of .

Etymology

"Mount Yonaha" in the Japanese language is formed from three kanji, , and . The kanji are ateji, or kanji used phonetically to represent native or borrowed words.

Geography

Mount Yonaha is approximately north of the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, Naha,与那覇岳天然保護区
/ref> and approximately east of the of Kunigami. It is formed from schist, phyllite, and sandstone, and dates from the Tertiary period to the mid-

Mesozoic era The Mesozoic Era ( ), also called the Age of Reptiles, the Age of Conifers, and colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs is the second-to-last Era (geology), era of Earth's Geologic time scale, geological history, lasting from about , comprising ...

. It appears as a gentle slope, but its summit is surrounded by a series of complex valleys. It is the highest mountain on the island and the second highest in the prefecture after

Mount Omoto is a mountain located on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa, Japan. Together, with Kabira Bay, it is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty. Overview At above sea level, Mount Omoto is the tallest mountain in Okinawa Prefecture. It is loca ...

in Ishigaki, Okinawa. It is part of the Okinawa Kaigan Quasi-National Park, and the highest mountain in the park. A paved road extends from the village of Kunigami at the mountain's base to its summit. Mount Yonaha is home to the largest waterfall on Okinawa Island, the Hiji Waterfall (). Due to the effect of the Kuroshio Current, the mountain is almost always covered in

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Rivers

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Yanbaru forest

Mount Yonaha is at the center of the Yanbaru forest that spans the villages of Higashi, Kunigami, and

Ōgimi is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the village has an estimated population of 3,024 and a population density of 51 persons per km². The total area is . Several censuses have establishe ...

. Yanbaru contains some of the last large surviving tracts of

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rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

in Asia, and the mountain is lush with evergreens forests. While Mount Yonaha is an important natural habitat to numerous species of plants, birds, and animals, its ecology has been negatively affected by agricultural development at its base, and lumbering and the subsequent establishment of second-growth forest.

Military installation

Mount Yonaha's summit is approximately west of the border of

Camp Gonsalves Camp Gonsalves is a United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps jungle warfare training area located in northern Okinawa, Japan, across the villages of Kunigami, Okinawa, Kunigami and Higashi, Okinawa, Higashi. Established in 1958, it is the l ...

, a jungle warfare training center of the United States Marine Corps.

External links

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References

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