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Mount Goryū

Coordinates: 36°39′30″N 137°45′10″E / 36.65833°N 137.75278°E / 36.65833; 137.75278
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Mount Goryū
五竜岳
Highest point
Elevation2,814 m (9,232 ft)[1][2]
Prominence384 m (1,260 ft)[1]
ListingList of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates36°39′30″N 137°45′10″E / 36.65833°N 137.75278°E / 36.65833; 137.75278
Naming
Language of nameJapanese
Geography
Mount Goryū is located in Japan
Mount Goryū
Mount Goryū
Parent rangeHida Mountains (Ushirotateyama Mountains)

Mount Goryū (五竜岳, Goryū-dake) is a mountain in the Ushirotateyama Mountains in the Hida Mountains. The mountain body straddles Kurobe, Toyama and Ōmachi, Nagano, and the summit is mostly located on the Toyama side.[3] It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.[4] It is sometimes written as Goryū-dake (五龍岳) with only "dragon" in the old font.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Goryu-dake, Japan". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  2. ^ a b "日本の主な山岳標高(富山県)". Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  3. ^ "地図閲覧サービス(五龍岳)". 国土地理院. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  4. ^ 深田久弥 (1982). 日本百名山. 朝日新聞社. pp. 178–181. ISBN 4-02-260871-4.
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