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.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Access
* 3 Gallery
* 4 References

## Description

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.

## Access

* Tatsunokan Bus Stop of Suwa Bus

## Gallery

* Mount Tengu from Mount Iō

* Mount Nishi-Tengu (Left) and Mount Higashi-Tengu from Mount Neishi

* Mount Nishi-Tengu from Mount Higashi-Tengu

* Mount Higashi-Tengu from Mount Nishi-Tengu

* Mount Nishi-Tengu from Mount Neishi

* Kuroyuri-daira, north of Mount Tengu

* Kuroyuri-daira, north of Mount Tengu

* Mount Tateshina from Mount Tengu

* Hida Mountains from Mount Tengu

## References

* 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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