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Encyclopedia > Japan Alps

Japan alps is a mountain range that bisects the main island of Honshu. this beautiful mountain range consists of mountains over 3000m in height.


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Peakware - Japan (242 words)
Japan's mountain system is largely undersea, rising from a great Pacific trench that descends to depths of 35,000 feet.
Japan's highest mountain is Fuji-san (12,389 ft./3,776 m.), an extinct volcano only 55 miles from Tokyo.
Japan's other 10,000-foot peaks are all part of the Japanese Alps, a north-south ridge of granite peaks, 140 miles long and 60 miles wide.
Japanese Alps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (114 words)
The Japanese Alps is a mountain range in Japan that bisects the main island of Honshu.
The highest peaks of Japan after Fuji-san are in this range, the highest of them being Hotaka-dake at 3,190 m (10,466 ft) and Mount Shirane at 3,192 m (10,472 ft).
Mount Ontake in the range is both a destination for pilgrimages and an active volcano, with eruptions in 1979 and 1980.
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