Mount Tateshina

Mount Tateshina
蓼科山
Mount Tateshina in Winter (December 2008)
Highest point
Elevation	2,530 m (8,300 ft)
Listing	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates	36°6′13″N 138°17′42″E
Naming
English translation	high mountain of water-peppers
Language of name	Japanese
Geography
Mount Tateshina Location of Mount Tateshina in Japan.
Location	Honshū, Japan
Parent range	Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
Geology
Mountain type	Complex volcano
Last eruption	Unknown

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

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  Top of Mount Tateshina
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  Yatsugatake Mountains from Mount Tateshina
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  Ruin of the volcanic crater of Mount Tateshina
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  Mount Tateshina from the middle of the mountain
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  Mount Tateshina from Mount Tengu
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  Mount Tateshina from Mount Aka
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  Mount Tateshina from Mount Iō
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  Mount Tateshina in August

See also

• List of volcanoes in Japan

References

• Shirakaba Kogen Hotel
• Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan