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Volcano · Japan

Shirane San

Elevation
2,171 m
#8,148
in the world
#63
in Japan

Shirane San is a volcano in Japan, rising to 2,171 m, the 63rd highest we list in Japan.

Nearest town
19 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Shirane San

Shirane San lies in Japan, in Gunma.

Key facts

Elevation
2,171 m (7,123 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Volcano
Region
Gunma
Coordinates
36.645, 138.528

How it ranks

Among peaks in Japan
#63of 195
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#8,148of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Azumaya San3,254 m15 km
Neko Dake2,182 m16 km
Naeba-san2,145 m27 km
Asama-yama2,568 m27 km
Madarao Yama1,363 m31 km
Iizuna Yama1,917 m37 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Shirane San.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
NakanoJapan42,66419 km
SuzakaJapan54,02219 km
IiyamaJapan20,11827 km
NakanojōJapan15,57129 km
NaganoJapan372,76031 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.