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Shirane-san, Japan

Prominence: 1608 m, 5276 ft

Elevation: 2578 meters, 8458 feet

True Isolation: 120.74 km, 75.02 mi

Local or Alternate Name(s)	Japanese: 奥白根山
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 47' 55'' N, 139° 22' 33'' E 36.798589, 139.375886 (Dec Deg) 355107 E 4073760 N, Zone 54 (UTM)
Country	Japan
State/Province	Tochigi-ken (Highest Point) Gunma-ken (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 17 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 17) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2014-09-21 by Richard Carey 2016-07-01 by Sean Casserly 2019-09-18 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track) 2020-10-03 by Emilio Mira
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Looking west at Oku-shirane-san, 2578 m. This is the name used in the Lonely Plant, Hiking Japan book (2014-09-20). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 1608 m/5276 ft Optimistic Prominence: 1618 m/5308 ft Line Parent: Kinpu-san Key Col: 970 m/3182 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 120.74 km/75.02 mi Isolation Limit Point: 35.8708, 138.67329 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Kokushigatake (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: Asia Range2: Japanese Archipelago Range3: Honshu
Drainage Basins	Tone Pacific-Japan Pacific Ocean
Island	Honshu
Ownership	Land: Nikko-kokuritsu-kōen
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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