Mount Hotaka (Gunma)
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Mount Hotaka (武尊山 Hotakayama, 上州武尊山 Joshu Hotakayama) is a stratovolcano with its highest peak at the altitude of 2,158m. It is located near Minakami-machi, Kawaba Village, and Katashina Village in the
Gunma Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 Square kilometre, km2 (2,456 Square mile, sq mi). Gunma P ...
. In order to distinguish it from Mount Hotakadake in the Northern Alps, it is also called as Joshu Hotakayama(上州武尊山). This mountain has been selected as one of " 100 Famous Japanese Mountains" and the "New 100 Famous Flower of Japanese Mountains".


Peaks

* Okihotaka (沖武尊 2,158m, main peak) * Nakanodake (中ノ岳 2,144m) * Ienokushi (家ノ串 2,103m) * Maehotaka (前武尊 2,040m) * Kengamine (剣ヶ峰 2,083m) * Kengamineyama (剣ヶ峰山 2,020m) * Shishikogahanayama (獅子ヶ鼻山1,875m) * Nishimine (西峰 1,871m)


See also

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List of volcanoes in Japan This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Japan. An Orange background indicates a volcano considered active by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Hokkaido Honshū Izu Islands Ogasawara Archipelago The Ogasawara Archipelag ...


References

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