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Honshu

Range Type	Island
Highest Point	Fuji-san (3776 m/12,388 ft)
Countries	Japan
States/Provinces	Iwate-ken (7%), Fukushima-ken (6%), Nagano-ken (6%), Niigata-ken (6%), Akita-ken (5%), Gifu-ken (5%), Aomori-ken (4%), Yamagata-ken (4%), Hiroshima-ken (4%), Shizuoka-ken (3%), Hyōgo-ken (3%), Miyagi-ken (3%), Okayama-ken (3%), Shimane-ken (3%), Tochigi-ken (3%), Gunma-ken (3%), Ibaraki-ken (3%), Yamaguchi-ken (3%), Mie-ken (3%), Chiba-ken (2%), Aichi-ken (2%), Wakayama-ken (2%), Kyōto-fu (2%), Yamanashi-ken (2%), Toyama-ken (2%), Ishikawa-ken (2%), Fukui-ken (2%), Shiga-ken (2%), Saitama-ken (2%), Nara-ken (2%), Tottori-ken (2%), Kanagawa-ken (1%), Ōsaka-fu (1%), Tōkyō-to (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	229,941 sq km / 88,780 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	902 km / 561 mi North-South 989 km / 614 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	37° 29' N; 139° 51' E
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Map of Honshu
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Honshu.

Japanese Archipelago	Level 2 (Parent)
Sakhalin	Level 3 (Sibling)
Kuril Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Hokkaido	Level 3 (Sibling)
Honshu	Level 3
Shikoku	Level 3 (Sibling)
Kyushu	Level 3 (Sibling)
Outlying Japanese Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Honshu

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Fuji-san	3776	12,388
2.	Kita-dake	3192	10,472
3.	Hotaka-dake	3190	10,466
4.	Aino-dake	3189	10,463
5.	Yariga-take	3180	10,433
6.	Warusawa-dake	3141	10,305
7.	Akaishi-dake	3120	10,236
8.	Karasawa-dake	3110	10,203
9.	Kitahotaka-dake	3106	10,190
10.	Obami-dake	3101	10,174
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Honshu

Fuji-san From afar, Fuji is a beautiful pyramid, but the actual summit is a rocky pile on the crater rim, crowned with a radar station (1996-07-02).	Fuji-san - Hakusandake Hakusandake from the east side of the Fuji crater rim (2015-07-24). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.
Kita-dake The final approach to Kita-dake, Japan's second highest peak (2006-08-23). Photo by Joseph Hirniak. Click here for larger-size photo.	Hotaka-dake Looking up at the Hotaka massive from the start of the hike from Kamikochi (1997-07-21). Photo by Joseph Hirniak. Click here for larger-size photo.
Yariga-take The spear-shaped summit of Yariga-take in the Northern Japanese Alps (2015-07-28). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Karasawa-dake Karasawa from the slopes of Mae Hotaka. Photo by Joseph Hirniak. Click here for larger-size photo.
Kisokomaga-take Looking northwest at Kisokomaga-take. Maybe 50 climbers were on the trail and summit in this photo (2014-09-22). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.	Shirane-san Looking west at Oku-shirane-san, 2578 m. This is the name used in the Lonely Plant, Hiking Japan book (2014-09-20). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.
Nantai-san Snow-dusted Nantai from Sano-shi (highest peak on horizon just left of center) (1996-12-01). Photo by Joseph Hirniak. Click here for larger-size photo.

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