Mount Kongō

For the mountain in Niigata Prefecture, see Mount Kongō (Sado).
"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 (February 2010).
Highest point
Elevation1,125 m (3,691 ft)
Coordinates34°25′10″N 135°40′23″E / 34.419444°N 135.673056°E / 34.419444; 135.673056
Naming
English translationVajra Mountain
Language of nameJapanese
Geography
Mount Kongō
Mount Kongō is located between Chihayaakasaka and Gose, Japan
Parent rangeKongō Range

Mount Kongō (金剛山, Kongō-san) is a 1,125-metre-high (3,691 ft) mountain in the Kongō Range 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. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-11-14.


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