Mount Kongō

"Kongōsan" redirects here. For the mountain in North Korea with the same Japanese name, see Mount Kumgang.
Mount Kongō
金剛山
Kongō-san

Mount Kongō viewed from Mount Yamato Katsuragi

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 / 34.419444°N 135.673056°E / 34.419444; 135.673056Coordinates: 34°25′10″N 135°40′23″E / 34.419444°N 135.673056°E / 34.419444; 135.673056
Naming
Translation Golden Strength Mountain (Japanese)
Geography
Location in Japan of Mount Kongō in Japan
Mount Kongō

Mount Kongō is located between Chihayaakasaka and Gose, Japan

Parent range Kongō Range

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.

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. Retrieved 2013-11-14.


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