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Asia / Japan / Mount Osore
Record SL-848904 · Wikidata Q1377333

Mount Osore

恐山 菩提寺
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Elevation
879 m
2,884 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
41.2790° N, 141.1200° E
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Mount Osore
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Description

Wikipedia

Mount Osore (恐山, Osore-zan) is the name of a Buddhist temple and folk religion pilgrimage destination in the center of remote Shimokita Peninsula of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The temple is located in the caldera of an active volcano and is believed in Japanese mythology to be one of the gates to the underworld.

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Mt. Kamafuse 878 m S 176° 0.1 km
mao wu shan 693 m W 259° 1.0 km
bei guo shan 844 m NW 301° 1.0 km
huang chuan yue 747 m N 358° 1.1 km
zhang zi shan 863 m W 279° 1.7 km
ping feng shan 628 m N 346° 2.9 km