Mount Kongō
Mountain in Osaka, Kansai, Japan
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Mount Kongō (金剛山, Kongō-san) is a 1,125-metre-high (3,691 ft) mountain in the Kongō Range on the border of Nara Prefecture and the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture, in Kansai, Japan.[1] The peak itself is in Nara Prefecture. It is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi.
| Mount Kongō | |
|---|---|
| 金剛山 Kongō-san | |
7.jpg) Mount Kongō viewed from Mount Yamato Katsuragi (February 2010). | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,125 m (3,691 ft) |
| Coordinates | 34°25′10″N 135°40′23″E |
| Naming | |
| English translation | Vajra Mountain |
| Language of name | Japanese |
| Geography | |
  Mount Kongō Mount Kongō is located between Chihayaakasaka and Gose, Japan | |
| Parent range | Kongō Range |
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.
