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Japanese Archipelago

Range Type	Archipelago
Highest Point	Fuji-san (3776 m/12,388 ft)
Countries	Japan (81%), Russia (18%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	460,110 sq km / 177,649 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	3,376 km / 2,098 mi North-South 2,890 km / 1,796 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	36° 16' N; 138° 23' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Japanese Archipelago
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Japanese Archipelago.

Asia	Level 1 (Parent)
Central Siberia	Level 2 (Sibling)
Eastern Siberia	Level 2 (Sibling)
Baikal Area Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
Mongolia Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
East China	Level 2 (Sibling)
Korea-Amur Area	Level 2 (Sibling)
Japanese Archipelago	Level 2
Sakhalin	Level 3 (Child)
Kuril Islands	Level 3 (Child)
Hokkaido	Level 3 (Child)
Honshu	Level 3 (Child)
Shikoku	Level 3 (Child)
Kyushu	Level 3 (Child)
Outlying Japanese Islands	Level 3 (Child)
Southeast Asia	Level 2 (Sibling)
Malay Archipelago	Level 2 (Sibling)
Philippines	Level 2 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Japanese Archipelago

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Fuji-san	3776	12,388	Honshu
2.	Kita-dake	3192	10,472	Honshu
3.	Hotaka-dake	3190	10,466	Honshu
4.	Aino-dake	3189	10,463	Honshu
5.	Yariga-take	3180	10,433	Honshu
6.	Warusawa-dake	3141	10,305	Honshu
7.	Akaishi-dake	3120	10,236	Honshu
8.	Karasawa-dake	3110	10,203	Honshu
9.	Kitahotaka-dake	3106	10,190	Honshu
10.	Obami-dake	3101	10,174	Honshu
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Fuji-san	3776	12,388	Honshu
2.	Vulkan Alaid	2339	7674	Kuril Islands
3.	Asahi-dake	2290	7513	Hokkaido
4.	Ishizuchi-san	1982	6503	Shikoku
5.	Halla-san	1950	6398	Outlying Japanese Islands
6.	Kujū-san	1788	5866	Kyushu
7.	Gora Lopatina	1609	5279	Sakhalin

Photos of Peaks in the Japanese Archipelago

Fuji-san: From afar, Fuji is a beautiful pyramid, but the actual summit is a rocky pile on the crater rim, crowned with a radar station.

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