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Mount Nikkō-Shirane

2,578 m8,458 ft

Prominence: 1,613 m5,292 ft
Tonight: 4°CLight rain · Wind 15 km/h S

Mount Nikkō-Shirane is a 2,578 m (8,458 ft) stratovolcano in the Nikko Mountains, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 2,578 m · 8,458 ft
Range: Nikko Mountains
Region: Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Nikkō National Park
Spanish name: Monte Nikkō-Shirane
Coordinates: 36.7985° N, 139.3760° E

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3D map

Mount Nikkō-Shirane 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Nikkō-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 Nikkō-Shirane elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Nikkō-Shirane weather

Today · Heavy rain · 4 / 4°C (39 / 39°F) · 6.7 mm · Wind 15 km/h S

Mount Nikkō-Shirane forecast for the summit, about 2,578 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,177 m.

Today4°4°6.7 mm15 km/h SBase 12 / 13°
Sun5°10°8.3 mm14 km/h SWBase 13 / 19°
Mon3°5°15.3 mm14 km/h SBase 12 / 13°
Tue-3°7°5.1 mm22 km/h NWBase 5 / 16°
Wed-9°-5°0.8 mm24 km/h NWBase -1 / 3°
Thu-1°0°0.3 mm14 km/h SBase 7 / 9°
Fri0°5°–9 km/h SWBase 9 / 14°
Sat-4°7°0.7 mm11 km/h WBase 5 / 15°
Sun-7°-2°–11 km/h NWBase 2 / 6°
Mon-6°1°0.2 mm11 km/h NWBase 2 / 10°

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 10.4 × 10.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

20.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.1%

Steep, 30–45°

41.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.3%

Steeper than 30°: 42.4% of the 108 km² view
Relief in view: 1,391 m low point 1,177 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 94.2%Grassland 3.7%Water 1.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.2 km, measured from the Mount Nikkō-Shirane summit.

Summit list 9

1座禅山2,317 m 0.7 km N
2Mt. Goshiki2,379 m 1.3 km ENE
3Mt. Mae-Shirane2,373 m 1.4 km E
4Mt. Konsei2,242 m 2.2 km NE
5Mt. Toyama2,204 m 2.7 km E
6Mount Suzu2,388 m 3.4 km SW
7Mt. Yusengatake2,333 m 3.8 km NE
8Mount Kasa2,246 m 4.8 km SW
9Mt. Nenakusa2,330 m 5.0 km NNE

Where it sits

Where Mount Nikkō-Shirane sits

Ranked in 1

#4 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,568 m at the summit; the official height is 2,578 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,578 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,568 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,561 m	-17 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)
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