Iwate San
Local name: 岩手山
Located in Iwate-gun, Iwate Coordinates: 39°51′02″ N 141°00′04″ E
- Elevation
- 2,038 m
- above sea level
- 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.
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.
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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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 81 | 72 | 86 | 94 | 94 | 118 | 172 | 173 | 168 | 111 | 103 | 93 |
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.
Nearest towns and villages
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Hachimantai City, Hachimantai Shi12 km NE -
Takizawa City, Takizawa-shi13 km SE
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Shizukuishi Chō Municipality, Iwate-gun18 km SW
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Morioka City, Morioka Shi21 km SE -
Shizukuishi Town, Shizukuishi Chō17 km S
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Yahaba Chō Municipality, Shiwa-gun28 km SE
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Mount Hachimantai Natural site, Japan17 km NW -
Mount Himekami Mountain, Morioka Shi21 km E
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Mount Akita-Komagatake Mountain, Japan20 km SW -
Shizukuishi River River, Iwate23 km SE
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources