Mount Kongō
Mount Kongō (金剛山, Kongō-san) is a 1,125-metre-high (3,691 ft) mountain in the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan.[1] It is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi.
Mount Kongō | |
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金剛山 Kongō-san | |
Mount Kongō viewed from Mount Yamato Katsuragi (February 2010). | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,125 m (3,691 ft) |
Coordinates | 34°25′10″N 135°40′23″E |
Naming | |
English translation | Golden Strength Mountain |
Language of name | Japanese |
Geography | |
Mount Kongō Mount Kongō is located between Chihayaakasaka and Gose, Japan | |
Parent range | Kongō Range |
The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy's 1877 ironclad Kongō; the 1912 battleship Kongō, the name ship of her class; and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's current destroyer Kongō (DDG-173), also the name ship of her class.
See also
References
- "Mt. Kongo : OSAKA-INFO - Osaka Visitors' Guide". Osaka-info.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
External links
- Chihaya Akasaka Tourism Association
- Media related to Mount Kongo (Kongosanchi) at Wikimedia Commons
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