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
金剛山
Kongō-san
Mount Kongō viewed from Mount Yamato Katsuragi (February 2010).
Highest point
Elevation1,125 m (3,691 ft)
Listing
Coordinates34°25′10″N 135°40′23″E
Naming
English translationGolden Strength Mountain
Language of nameJapanese
Geography
Mount Kongō
Mount Kongō is located between Chihayaakasaka and Gose, Japan
Parent rangeKongō 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

  1. "Mt. Kongo : OSAKA-INFO - Osaka Visitors' Guide". Osaka-info.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
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