Mount Hyono-sen
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| Mount Hyono-sen 氷ノ山 |
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 A View of Mt. Hyono-sen |
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| Elevation | 1509.6 meters |
| Location | On the border of Yabu, Hyōgo and Wakasa, Tottori in Japan |
| Range | Chūgoku Mountain Range |
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| Type | Upheaved submarine volcano |
| Pronunciation | [Hyono-sen] |
Mount Hyono-sen (氷ノ山 Hyono-sen?) is a mountain on the border of Yabu, Hyōgo and Wakasa, Tottori in Japan. It is the highest mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture. This mountain is one of the 200 famous mountains in Japan. Other names of this mountain are Sugano-sen, Hyozan, Hyono-yama, Koorino-yama.
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Mount Hyono-sen is estimated as an upheaved sabmourine volcano which erupted 3 million years ago with Mount Naki and Torokawa-daira higland. This mountain is the second highest mountain in Chūgoku Mountain Range, and also the second highest in Honshū west to Osaka Prefecture. This mountain is in the Hyonosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park. This mountain is also selected as one of the 100 untrodden areas in Japan.
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- Fukusada Bus Stop of Zentan Bus
