Mount Unebi Explained

Mount Unebi
Other Name:畝傍山
Elevation M:198.8
Elevation Ref:[1]
Map:Japan
Map Size:280
Listing:List of mountains in Japan
Yamato Sanzan
Translation:Ridgeside Mountain
Language:Japanese
Location:Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates:34.4925°N 135.7847°W

is a mountain in the city of Kashihara, in the central-western part Nara Prefecture, Japan. Together with Mount Amanokagu and Mount Miminashi, it belongs to the so-called "Yamato Sanzan", in which it is the highest.[2] At the foot of the mountain are gneiss new rocks, and part of the middle slope and higher are biotite and andesite. At the top is a funnel of an extinct crater.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mlit.go.jp/crd/park/joho/database/toshiryokuchi/rekishi_fudo/hyou2_shitei.html 国土交通省・歴史的風土保存区域及び歴史的風土特別保存地区指定状況
  2. http://www.city.kashihara.nara.jp/kankou/own_kankou/kankou/spot/unebiyama.html 畝傍山(橿原市公式サイト)