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The Japanese Alps (日本アルプス, Nihon Arupusu) is a series of mountain ranges in Japan which bisect the main island of Honshu.The peaks that tower over central Honshu have long been the object of veneration and pilgrimage.
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Japan, ordered by height. Mountains over 1000 meters Mount ... Mountain Metres Feet Prefecture Mount Piyashiri: 987:
In the Alaska panhandle, the mainland mountain ranges and offshore islands (the Alexander Archipelago) are extensions of respective ranges further south. [15] In Canada, the North American Cordillera is usually divided into three physiographic regions: the western system, the interior system, and the eastern system. [16]
Northern and Southern Andes main subdivisions, along both run three vast, almost parallel chain systems of mountain ranges – Cordillera Occidental, Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental. North American Cordillera – 6,400 km (4,000 mi) Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt – more than 15,000 km (9,300 mi)
The extreme points of Japan include the coordinates that are the farthest north, south, east and west in Japan, and the ones that are at the highest and the lowest elevations in the country. Japan's northernmost point is disputed , because Japan considers it to be on Iturup , an island de facto governed by Russia .
Mountain ranges of Japan. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary ...
The Hida Mountains (飛騨山脈, Hida Sanmyaku), or Northern Alps (北アルプス, Kita Arupusu), is a Japanese mountain range which stretches through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures. A small portion of the mountains also reach into Niigata Prefecture .
About 73% of Japan is mountainous, [22] with a mountain range running through each of the main islands. Japan's highest mountain is Mount Fuji , with an elevation of 3,776 m (12,388 ft). Japan's forest cover rate is 68.55% since the mountains are heavily forested.