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Mount Shirane

mountain, Japan
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  • Japanese Alps, Japan
    Japanese Alps

    …the Akaishi Range and contains Mount Shirane (10,472 feet [3,192 m]).

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    …the Akaishi Range and contains Mount Shirane (10,472 feet [3,192 m]).

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  • Mount Fuji
    Yamanashi

    …prefecture’s area is mountainous, including Mount Shirane (10,472 feet [3,192 metres]) and other peaks of the southern Japanese Alps in the west and northwest and Mount Fuji (12,388 feet [3,776 metres]), Japan’s highest point, straddling the southern border. Water from the Japanese Alps and molded into a raindrop shape became…

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    …prefecture’s area is mountainous, including Mount Shirane (10,472 feet [3,192 metres]) and other peaks of the southern Japanese Alps in the west and northwest and Mount Fuji (12,388 feet [3,776 metres]), Japan’s highest point, straddling the southern border. Water from the Japanese Alps and molded into a raindrop shape became…

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