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Mount Tateshina (蓼科山, Tateshina-yama) also Suwa Fuji is a complex volcano located on the border of the municipalities of Chino and Tateshina in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
It has an elevation of 2,530 m (8,301 ft). This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.
Outline
Mount Tateshina is a typical complex volcano. About the origin of the name of this mountain, tate means water-pepper, and shina means steps or high places. So Tateshina is literally a high mountain of water-peppers. The other name of this mountain Suwa Fuji, literally, Mount Fuji of the Suwa region.
Mount Tateshina is an important part of Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park.
Route
Routes to climb up Mount Tateshina are well-developed. The most popular route is to start from the Nanagome parking lot.
Gallery
See also
List of volcanoes in Japan
List of mountains in Japan
References
Shirakaba Kogen Hotel
Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
"Yokodake". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
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- Mount Tateshina
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- Central Highland (Japan)
- Yatsugatake Mountains
- Kōga Saburō
- Chino, Nagano
- Mount Yoko (Northern Yatsugatake)
- Mount Aka (Yatsugatake)
- Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
