Mount Unebi

Mount Unebi (畝傍山, Unebi-yama) is a mountain in the city of Kashihara, in the central-western part Nara Prefecture, Japan. Together with Mount Amanokagu and Mount Miminashi, it belongs to the so-called "Yamato Sanzan", in which it is the highest.[2] At the foot of the mountain are gneiss new rocks, and part of the middle slope and higher are biotite and andesite. At the top is a funnel of an extinct crater.

Mount Unebi
畝傍山
View of Mount Unebi from Fujiwara Palace (4 May 2009).
Highest point
Elevation198.8 m (652 ft)[1]
ListingList of mountains in Japan
Yamato Sanzan
Coordinates34°29′33″N 135°47′5″E
Naming
English translationRidgeside Mountain
Language of nameJapanese
Geography
Mount Unebi
Location in Japan
LocationKashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

References

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