Mount Tengu

Mount Tengu
天狗岳
Mount Tengu from west
Highest point
Elevation	2,646 m (8,681 ft)
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 36°01′09″N 138°21′20″E / 36.01917°N 138.35556°E / 36.01917; 138.35556
Naming
Language of name	Japanese
Pronunciation	[teŋɡudake]
Geography
Location	On the border of Chino and Koumi of Nagano in Japan
Parent range	Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano

Mount Tengu (天狗岳, Tengu-dake) is a 2,646m mountain on the border of Chino and Koumi of Nagano in Japan . This mountain is the highest mountains of Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group. Named for the mythical avian creatures of Japanese folklore, the Tengu.

Mount Tengu is a stratovolcano. This mountain is a part of the Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park. This mountain is on the list of the 200 famous mountains in Japan. This mountain has two major peaks, Mount Higashi Tengu, and Mount Nishi Tengu.

• Tatsunokan Bus Stop of Suwa Bus

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  Mount Tengu from Mount Iō
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  Mount Nishi-Tengu (Left) and Mount Higashi-Tengu from Mount Neishi
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  Mount Nishi-Tengu from Mount Higashi-Tengu
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  Mount Higashi-Tengu from Mount Nishi-Tengu
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  Mount Nishi-Tengu from Mount Neishi
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  Kuroyuri-daira, north of Mount Tengu
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  Kuroyuri-daira, north of Mount Tengu
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  Mount Tateshina from Mount Tengu
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  Hida Mountains from Mount Tengu

• Ministry of Environment of Japan
• Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
• ‘Yatsugatake, Tateshina, Utsukushigahara, Kirigamine 2008, Shobunsha
• "Tengu-Hirayama". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=285819. 

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