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Volcano · Jōmō Sanzan · Gunma Prefecture

Mount Akagi

1,828 m5,997 ft

Prominence: 797 m2,615 ft
Isolation: 14 km
Tonight: 7°CCloudy · Wind 9 km/h SE

Mount Akagi is a 1,828 m (5,997 ft) volcano in the Jōmō Sanzan, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 1,828 m · 5,997 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Kesamaru (1,961 m)
Range: Jōmō Sanzan
Region: Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Spanish name: Monte Akagi
Coordinates: 36.5601° N, 139.1935° E

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3D map

Mount Akagi 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Akagi topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Akagi elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGMount Akagi satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-19.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Mount Akagi weather

Today · Heavy rain · 7 / 9°C (45 / 48°F) · 9.6 mm · Wind 9 km/h SE

Mount Akagi forecast for the summit, about 1,828 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 723 m.

Today7°9°9.6 mm9 km/h SEBase 14 / 16°
Sun8°14°10.3 mm9 km/h WBase 15 / 21°
Mon7°8°23.2 mm11 km/h SEBase 13 / 15°
Tue2°10°0.8 mm21 km/h NWBase 9 / 17°
Wed-5°1°0.2 mm20 km/h NWBase 2 / 8°
Thu2°4°0.1 mm7 km/h SBase 9 / 11°
Fri3°9°–7 km/h SEBase 9 / 16°
Sat1°11°0.8 mm9 km/h NWBase 8 / 17°
Sun-3°4°–12 km/h NBase 4 / 11°
Mon0°9°–10 km/h NBase 7 / 15°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

29.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

48.8%

Steep, 30–45°

21.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.7%

Steeper than 30°: 21.8% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 1,102 m low point 723 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 94.3%Grassland 3.5%Water 1.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.6 km, measured from the Mount Akagi summit.

Summit list 6

1Mt. Komagatake1,685 m 1.0 km S
2Mt. Ashigara1,475 m 1.4 km W
3Mt. Yakushi1,528 m 2.1 km W
4Mt. Jizo1,674 m 2.6 km SW
5Mt. Debari1,475 m 2.7 km W
6長七郎山1,579 m 3.1 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.6 km; 105 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mongolian Oak5
Autumn Darter5
Eastern Spot-billed Duck3
Japanese Azalea3
Aster ageratoides3
Forked Viburnum3

Where it sits

Where Mount Akagi sits

Ranked in 1

#20 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,825 m at the summit; the official height is 1,828 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,828 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,825 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,819 m	-9 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-19)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia