Mount Tateshina

Mount Tateshina
Mount Tateshina
蓼科山
	SSW side
Highest point
Elevation	2,530 m (8,300 ft)
Listing	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates	36°6′13″N 138°17′42″E / 36.10361°N 138.29500°E
Naming
English translation	high mountain of water-peppers
Language of name	Japanese
Geography
	Mount Tateshina Location of Mount Tateshina in Japan.
Location	Honshū, Japan
Parent range	Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
Geology
Mountain type	Complex volcano
Last eruption	Unknown

Mount Tateshina (蓼科山, Tateshina-yama) also Suwa Fuji is a complex volcano located on the border of the municipalities of Chino and Tateshina in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

It has an

elevation of 2,530 m (8,301 ft). This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains

.

Outline

Mount Tateshina is a typical complex volcano. About the origin of the name of this mountain, tate means

water-pepper, and shina means steps or high places. So Tateshina is literally a high mountain of water-peppers. The other name of this mountain Suwa Fuji, literally, Mount Fuji of the Suwa

region.

Mount Tateshina is an important part of Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park.