Mount Fuji in numbers
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It needs no introduction: its majestic silhouette symbolizes the land of the Rising Sun and with 3776 meters, Mount Fuji is the highest point in Japan. But it's not just its altitude that makes you dizzy...Here are some astonishing features that we invite you to discover.
Lake Tanuki & Mount Fuji in reflection
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Numbers...
- Its topography in figures:
- 3,776 meters: its altitude
- 50 km: the dimension of its diameter at its base.
- 500 to 700 meters: the width of its crater.
- 100 to 250 meters: the depth of its crater.
- 870 km 3: its volume.
- Its geology in figures:
- 3: this is the number of successive volcanoes that made up present-day Mount Fuji: the Komitake volcano, “ko fuji” (or “old Fuji”), and “shin fuji” (“new Fuji”).
- 600,000 years ago: this is the estimated date of the first eruptions of the Komitake volcano.
- 100,000 years: this is the approximate date on which the “ko fuji” would have been superimposed on the komitake.
- 10,000 years ago: this is the date on which the "shin fuji" would have formed to finally form the current Mount Fuji.
- 16: the number of eruptions recorded since the year 781.
- Its popularity in numbers:
- 1: it is the most visited mountain in the world!
- 3 million: this is the number of people who come to the fifth station (located at an altitude of 2,000 m).
- 300,000: this is the number of people to achieve its ascent from July to August each year (the months of the official opening).
- From 300 to 400: the number of suicides that were committed in the Aokigahara forest, at the foot of Fuji, from 2005 to 2007 and more than 100 between 2013 and 2015.
- A few more numbers:
- 4: the number of hiking trails that lead to its summit. We find the trails: Yoshidaguchi, Subashiri, Gotemba, and Fujinomiya.
- 10: the number of stations along its paths to the summit.
- From 6 to 10: this is the number of hours to climb.
- From 4 to 6: this is the number of hours it takes to descend.
- 144 kilometers: this is the distance that separates the sacred mountain from the zero point of the roads of Japan located at Nihonbashi in Tokyo.
and dates
- 663: the year of the first known ascent of Mount Fuji.
- 781: the year of the first recorded eruption.
- 1707: the year of the last eruption recorded to date.
- 1872: the year when women finally have the right to climb the sacred mountain.
- June 22, 2013: inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Diamond Fuji
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