Mount Fuji

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Mount Fuji is Japan’s iconic, snow-capped stratovolcano and highest peak, renowned for its nearly symmetrical cone and cultural significance.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Fujisan 1
富士山 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
mountain
stratovolcano
artistDepictedBy Katsushika Hokusai
Utagawa Hiroshige
country Japan
elevation 12389 feet
3776.24 meters
hasAge about 100,000 years
hasClimbingSeason July to early September
hasCoordinateLatitude 35.3606° N
hasCoordinateLongitude 138.7274° E
hasJapaneseName Mount Fuji self-linksurface differs
surface form: 富士山
hasLakeAtFoot Lake Kawaguchi
Lake Motosu
Lake Sai
Lake Shoji
Lake Yamanaka
hasNumberOfMainRoutes 4
hasSummitCrater yes
hasSymmetry nearly symmetrical cone
hasUNESCOSiteName Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
hasUNESCOStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: World Heritage Site
hasVolcanicArc Izu–Bonin Arc
surface form: Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
highestPointOf Japan
isDepictedIn Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
ukiyo-e woodblock prints
isPartOf Fuji Volcanic Zone
isPopularFor mountaineering
pilgrimage
sunrise viewing
isSacredMountain yes
isSnowCapped yes
isSymbolOf Japan
lastEruptionName Hōei eruption
lastEruptionYear 1707
locatedIn Chubu region NERFINISHED
Honshu
Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED
Yamanashi Prefecture NERFINISHED
mainRoute Fujinomiya Trail
Gotemba Trail
Subashiri Trail
Yoshida Trail
nearCity Fujinomiya
Fujiyoshida
Gotemba
partOf Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
romanization Mount Fuji self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fujisan
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2013
UNESCOSiteType cultural
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Chūbu region containsVolcano Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai depicted Mount Fuji
Honshu hasHighestMountain Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji hasJapaneseName Mount Fuji self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 富士山
Fujiyoshida hasViewOf Mount Fuji
Mishima hasViewOf Mount Fuji
Honshu highestPoint Mount Fuji
Fujiyoshida locatedNear Mount Fuji
Fujiyoshida locatedNorthOf Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji romanization Mount Fuji self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fujisan
Mount Taranaki similarTo Mount Fuji