Mount Kongō Explained

Mount Kongō
Other Name:金剛山
Kongō-san
Photo Alt:Mount Kongō viewed from Mount Yamato Katsuragi
Map:Japan
Map Alt:Location in Japan of Mount Kongō in Japan
Location:Mount Kongō is located between Chihayaakasaka and Gose, Japan
Coordinates:34.4194°N 135.6731°W
Elevation M:1125
Translation:Vajra Mountain
Language:Japanese
Range:Kongō Range

is a 1125m (3,691feet) mountain in the Kongō Range in the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan.[1] It is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi.

The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy's 1877 ironclad Kongō; the 1912 battleship Kongō, the name ship of her class; and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's current destroyer Kongō (DDG-173), also the name ship of her class.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mt. Kongo : OSAKA-INFO - Osaka Visitors' Guide . Osaka-info.jp . 2013-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130702194642/http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/detail/sightseeing_1571.html . 2013-07-02 . dead .