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Mount Kusatsu-Shirane

2,160 m7,087 ft

Prominence: 113 m369 ft
Isolation: 1.7 km
Tonight: 5°CLight rain · Wind 14 km/h W

Mount Kusatsu-Shirane is a 2,160 m (7,087 ft) volcano in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 2,160 m · 7,087 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Motoshirane (2,171 m)
Region: Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park
Coordinates: 36.6437° N, 138.5279° E

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3D map

Mount Kusatsu-Shirane 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Kusatsu-Shirane 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 Kusatsu-Shirane elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Kusatsu-Shirane weather

Today · Heavy rain · 5 / 7°C (41 / 45°F) · 8.3 mm · Wind 14 km/h W

Mount Kusatsu-Shirane forecast for the summit, about 2,160 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,497 m.

Today5°7°8.3 mm14 km/h WBase 9 / 11°
Sun7°11°13.5 mm15 km/h WBase 11 / 15°
Mon5°8°17.4 mm12 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
Tue-1°9°1.2 mm13 km/h NWBase 3 / 13°
Wed-7°-1°0.1 mm14 km/h NWBase -3 / 3°
Thu-1°2°–6 km/h EBase 3 / 6°
Fri1°8°–6 km/h SEBase 5 / 12°
Sat-2°8°3.4 mm9 km/h NWBase 2 / 12°
Sun-5°1°0.1 mm8 km/h NWBase -1 / 5°
Mon-3°5°1.3 mm15 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°

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

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

Gentle, 0–15°

33.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

52.1%

Steep, 30–45°

14.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 14.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 810 m low point 1,497 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 76.9%Grassland 20.4%Bare rock / sparse 2.1%

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 Kusatsu-Shirane summit.

Summit list 5

1逢ノ峰2,110 m 1.3 km SSE
2万座山1,995 m 2.1 km W
3Mount Motoshirane2,171 m 2.3 km S
4中央火口2,076 m 2.5 km SSE
5Mt. Yokote2,307 m 2.8 km N

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 95 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Japanese Macaque14
Schizocodon soldanelloides6
Fireweed4
Goldenrod Brindle4
Pearly everlasting3
Gaultheria adenothrix3

Where it sits

Where Mount Kusatsu-Shirane sits

Ranked in 1

#12 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount IizunaPeak · 1,917 m37 km WNW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGMount Kusatsu-Shirane satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-10-18.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,159 m at the summit; the official height is 2,160 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,160 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,159 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,153 m	-7 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 2026-10-18)
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