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Mount Gassan

mountain in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Mountain stratovolcano Q3174863

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
stratovolcano, mountain[8]
Official website
www.dewasanzan.jp, www.dewasanzan.jp[20]
Native label
月山

Location

Country
Japan[7]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 38.549°, 140.027°, 🗺️ 38.546°, 140.027°[18][19]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Tsuruoka, Shōnai-machi, Okura, Nishikawa, Yamagata Prefecture[2][3][4][5][6]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
1984.0
More facts +7
Website
www.dewasanzan.jp, www.dewasanzan.jp
Located in
Tsuruoka, Shōnai-machi, Okura, Nishikawa, Yamagata Prefecture
Part of
Three Mountains of Dewa, 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, Hana no Hyaku Meizan, New 100 Famous Flower Mountains, 100 Famous First Order Triangulation Station Mountains, New 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, 100 Famous Tōhoku Mountains, 100 Famous Yamagata Mountains, Selected 100 Exquisite and Well-Conserved Waters of Japan[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Coordinates
🗺️ 38.549°, 140.027°, 🗺️ 38.546°, 140.027°
Located in protected area
Bandai-Asahi National Park
Mountain range
Dewa Mountains
Name in kana
がっさん
🏷️ Also known as
en Gassan en Ga Ssan en Mount Gassan en Mount Kuroushi es Monte Gassan es Monte Kuroushi fa کوه گاسان fa کوهٔ گاسان fr mont Gassan fr mont Kuroushi ja 月山 ja 犂牛山 nl Ga Ssan ru Гассан ru Куроусино vi Núi Gassan
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
251798169
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gassan (5693125340).jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/026pm_9
GNS Unique Feature ID
-227812
GeoNames ID
2112868
NDL Authority ID
00633400
OpenStreetMap node ID
3259293973
TripAdvisor ID
1397221
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Volcano", "MountGassan::q88y2"]

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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 5
Yamagata Prefecture, Tsuruoka, Shōnai-machi, Nishikawa, Okura
Instance of 2
mountain, stratovolcano
Part of 2
100 Famous Japanese Mountains, Three Mountains of Dewa
Belongs to 1
Three Mountains of Dewa
Country 1
Japan
Located in protected area 1
Bandai-Asahi National Park
Mountain range 1
Dewa Mountains
Named after 1
8937 Gassan
← Highest point 1
Three Mountains of Dewa
← Located in/on physical feature 1
Gassan Shrine
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Summary

Mount Gassan is a stratovolcano[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Mount Gassan include 8937 Gassan[21], an asteroid[22].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include 8937 Gassan[21], an asteroid[22].

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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