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Mount Kurikoma

1,628 m5,341 ft

Prominence: 1,177 m3,861 ft
Isolation: 64 km
Tonight: 6°CRain · Wind 14 km/h S

Mount Kurikoma is a 1,628 m (5,341 ft) volcano in the Ou Mountains, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 1,628 m · 5,341 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Chōkai (2,236 m)
Range: Ou Mountains
Region: Akita Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Kurikoma Quasi-National Park
Coordinates: 38.9607° N, 140.7885° E

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3D map

Mount Kurikoma 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Kurikoma terrain and contours

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 Kurikoma elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Kurikoma weather

Today · Rain · 6 / 8°C (43 / 46°F) · 19.2 mm · Wind 14 km/h S

Mount Kurikoma forecast for the summit, about 1,628 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 470 m.

Today6°8°19.2 mm14 km/h SBase 13 / 15°
Sun1°9°1.8 mm15 km/h NWBase 8 / 16°
Mon1°6°5.6 mm21 km/h SEBase 8 / 13°
Tue-1°5°8.2 mm31 km/h NWBase 6 / 12°
Wed-4°-2°2.0 mm32 km/h NWBase 3 / 5°
Thu0°3°0.1 mm13 km/h NWBase 7 / 10°
Fri3°8°1.2 mm9 km/h SEBase 10 / 15°
Sat-3°6°6.1 mm27 km/h NWBase 4 / 13°
Sun-2°1°3.8 mm27 km/h NWBase 5 / 8°
Mon-4°0°5.9 mm18 km/h NWBase 3 / 7°

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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8.8 × 8.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

48.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.7%

Steep, 30–45°

8.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 9.1% of the 77 km² view
Relief in view: 1,154 m low point 470 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 96.4%Grassland 3.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.4 km, measured from the Mount Kurikoma summit.

Summit list 7

1Mount Higashi-Kurikoma1,434 m 1.2 km ESE
2剣岳1,397 m 1.5 km WNW
3虚空蔵山1,409 m 1.7 km SW
4笊森1,356 m 2.5 km ENE
5大地森1,173 m 3.0 km S
6Mount Eboshi1,168 m 3.4 km NNE
7Mt. Magusadake1,424 m 3.6 km WNW

Where it sits

Where Mount Kurikoma sits

Ranked in 1

#29 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,624 m at the summit; the official height is 1,628 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,628 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,624 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,618 m	-10 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 2025-09-28)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison: 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)
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