Mount Kongō

For the mountain in Niigata Prefecture, see Mount Kongō (Sado).

"Kongōsan" redirects here. For the mountain in North Korea with the same Japanese name, see Mount Kumgang.

Mount Kongō
金剛山 Kongō-san
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 Location within Japan
Location	Mount Kongō is located between Chihayaakasaka and Gose, Japan
Parent range	Kongō Range

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. The peak itself is in Nara Prefecture. 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.

See also

• Mt. Kongō Ropeway
• Katsuragi 28 Shuku
• The 100 Views of Nature in Kansai
• Vajra (金剛)

External links

• Chihaya Akasaka Tourism Association
• Media related to Mount Kongo (Kongosanchi) at Wikimedia Commons