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Mountain · Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group · Hokkaido

Mount Kuro

1,984 m6,510 ft

Prominence: 99 m324 ft
Isolation: 1.5 km
Tonight: -2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 22 km/h SW

Mount Kuro is a 1,984 m (6,510 ft) mountain in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, Hokkaido, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 1,984 m · 6,510 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Eboshi (2,072 m)
Range: Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group
Region: Hokkaido, Japan
Protected area: Daisetsuzan National Park
Coordinates: 43.6968° N, 142.9204° E

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3D map

Mount Kuro 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Kuro 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 Kuro elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Kuro weather

Today · Partly cloudy · -2 / 3°C (28 / 37°F) · Wind 22 km/h SW

Mount Kuro forecast for the summit, about 1,984 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 663 m.

Today-2°3°–22 km/h SWBase 6 / 11°
Sun-7°2°1.3 mm24 km/h WBase 1 / 10°
Mon-9°-4°1.3 mm22 km/h WBase -1 / 4°
Tue-9°-3°20.8 mm16 km/h WBase -1 / 5°
Wed-12°-12°14.4 mm21 km/h WBase -4 / -4°
Thu-13°-9°0.7 mm15 km/h WBase -5 / -1°
Fri-2°0°1.0 mm11 km/h SBase 6 / 8°
Sat-11°2°17.6 mm19 km/h WBase -3 / 10°
Sun-13°-10°20.8 mm23 km/h WBase -5 / -2°
Mon-14°-11°3.6 mm16 km/h WBase -6 / -3°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Kuro

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Kuro, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
黒岳石室
0.7 km WSW
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Nearest campsite
黒岳野営指定地
0.8 km WSW · +2 more within 4.4 km
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Nearest trailhead
黒岳七合目登山口
0.9 km NE
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Nearest parking
3.7 km NE
+2 more within 3.7 km
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All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
黒岳石室Hut	0.7 km WSW
黒岳野営指定地Campsite	0.8 km WSW
黒岳七合目登山口Trailhead	0.9 km NE
Parking	3.7 km NE
Parking	3.7 km NE
Parking	3.7 km NE
層雲峡野営場Campsite	3.8 km NNE
白雲岳野営指定地Campsite	4.4 km S

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

27.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.2%

Steep, 30–45°

27.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.3%

Steeper than 30°: 31.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,497 m low point 663 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 66.3%Grassland 22.1%Moss & lichen 7.7%Bare rock / sparse 2.6%Snow & ice 1.0%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Mount Kuro summit.

Summit list 6

1Mount Keigetsu1,938 m 0.8 km W
2Mount Eboshi2,072 m 1.8 km S
3Mount Ryōun2,125 m 1.9 km W
4Mt. Kamikawa1,884 m 2.4 km WNW
5Mount Aka2,079 m 2.7 km S
6Mount Goshiki2,038 m 2.9 km SSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 127 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Giant Butterbur21
Siberian Chipmunk18
Keyflower11
Komakusa11
Mountain Harebell8
Shrubby beardtongue7

Where it sits

Where Mount Kuro sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Kussharo121 m114 km E

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGMount Kuro satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,981 m at the summit; the official height is 1,984 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,984 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,981 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,971 m	-13 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 2026 (scene 2026-09-25)
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

Mount Kuro

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest campsite

Nearest trailhead

Nearest parking

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