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Mountain

Iwate San

Local name: 岩手山

Located in Iwate-gun, Iwate Coordinates: 39°51′02″ N 141°00′04″ E

Iwate San
yisris from Morioka, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
2,038 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Hachimantai
12 km NE
Local time
UTC+09:00
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Airports
HNA Iwate Hanamaki Airport48 km
ONJ Odate Noshiro Airport66 km

About Iwate San

Iwate San is a mountain. Location: Iwate-gun, Iwate. Elevation: 2,038 m.

From Wikipedia

Mount Iwate (岩手山, Iwate-san; Japanese pronunciation: [í.β̞ä̀.tè̞, ì.β̞ä́.té̞.sä̀ɴ̀]) is a stratovolcano complex in the Ōu Mountains of western Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū, Japan. With an elevation of 2,038 metres (6,686 ft), it is the highest in Iwate Prefecture. It is included as one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan, a book composed in 1964 by mountaineer and author Kyūya Fukada.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
1,745 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Iwate San

This month · November

A wet month

Day -2° · Night -11° · Rain 103 mm

Hottest month
August (day 15°)
Coldest month
January (night -19°)
Wettest month
August (173 mm)
Driest month
February (72 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Iwate San
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-11°-11°-7°1°7°10°14°15°11°5°-2°-8°
Average low (°C)-19°-18°-15°-9°-4°2°6°7°2°-5°-11°-16°
Precipitation (mm)817286949411817217316811110393

How to get to Iwate San

The nearest airport is Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA), 48 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Morioka, 21 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA) Hanamaki 48 kmsouth
  • Odate Noshiro Airport (ONJ) Kitaakita 66 kmnorthwest
  • Akita Airport (AXT) Akita 72 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Morioka Population: 290.7K 21 kmsoutheast
  • Akita Population: 307.7K 77 kmwest
  • Ōshū Population: 112.9K 80 kmsouth
  • Hachinohe Population: 239K 84 kmnortheast
  • Hirosaki Population: 168.7K 94 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

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