Mount Fuji
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Summary
Mount Fuji is a Volcano[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of volcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41,368 views/month, #1 of 256).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shizuoka Prefecture[3], Yamanashi Prefecture[4]
- Country: Japan[5]
- Instance of: highest point[6], isolated peak[7], stratovolcano[8], shintaisan[9], mountain[10]
- Owned by: Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha[11]
- Named after: Fuji district[12]
- Made from material: basalt[13]
- Part of: Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration[14], Three Holy Mountains[15], 100 Famous Japanese Mountains[16], Top 100 Geological Sites in Japan[17], New 100 Famous Japanese Mountains[18], 100 Famous Yamanashi mountains[19], 100 Landscapes of Heisei[20]
- Commons category: Mount Fuji[21]
- Unicode character: 🗻[22]
- Has part(s): Mount Hōei[23], Hasshinpō[24], Mount Ōmuro[25], Ōsawa Failure[26]
- Highest point: Kengamine Peak[27]
- Coordinate location: 35.36055555555556, 138.7275[28]
- Located in/on physical feature: Honshu[29], Fossa Magna[30]
- Significant event: Jōgan eruption of Mount Fuji[31], Hōei eruption[32], 2011 Shizuoka earthquake[33]
- Official website: https://www.fujisan.ne.jp/[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mount Fuji[35]
- Commons gallery: 富士山[36]
- Worshipped by: Fuji worship[37]
- Depicted by: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji[38], Fujisan with rice fields[39]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[40], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42], The New Student's Reference Work[43]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[44], Place of Scenic Beauty[45], Special Place of Scenic Beauty[46], Historic Site of Japan[47]
- Has characteristic: tourist attraction[48]
- Native label: 富士山[49]
- Name in kana: ふじさん[50]
- Different from: Fuji[51]
Body
Physical Characteristics
Mount Fuji covers an area of 19311.9[52]. It sits at an elevation of 3777.24[53].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Mount Fuji include Fuji Television[54], a television station[55], in Japan[56], founded in 1959[57], headquartered in FCG Building[58]; Fuji Speedway[59], a motorsport racing track[60], in Japan[61], founded in 1963[62]; Fuji[63], an apple cultivar[64]; Kyoho[65], a hybrid grape[66], founded in 1935[67]; Fuji Five Lakes[68], a group of lakes[69], in Japan[70], founded in 0900[71]; Fuji Rock Festival[72], a rock festival[73], in Japan[74], founded in 1997[75]; Fujikawaguchiko[76], a town of Japan[77], in Japan[78], founded in 2003[79]; and Fuji Kyuko[80], a rail company (Japan)[81], in Japan[82], founded in 1926[83], headquartered in Fujiyoshida[84].
Why It Matters
Mount Fuji has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[85] It is known by 116 alternative names across languages and contexts.[86]
Entities named for it include Fuji Television[54], a television station[55], in Japan[56], founded in 1959[57], headquartered in FCG Building[58]; Fuji Speedway[59], a motorsport racing track[60], in Japan[61], founded in 1963[62]; Fuji[63], an apple cultivar[64]; Kyoho[65], a hybrid grape[66], founded in 1935[67]; Fuji Five Lakes[68], a group of lakes[69], in Japan[70], founded in 0900[71]; and Fuji Rock Festival[72], a rock festival[73], in Japan[74], founded in 1997[75].