Mount Tekari

Mount Tekari
光岳
Mount Tekari from Mount Chausu
Highest point
Elevation	2,591 m (8,501 ft)
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height 100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates	35°20′17″N 138°05′02″E / 35.33806°N 138.08389°E / 35.33806; 138.08389Coordinates: 35°20′17″N 138°05′02″E / 35.33806°N 138.08389°E / 35.33806; 138.08389
Geography
Mount Tekari Location in Japan
Location	Shizuoka Prefecture Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Parent range	Akaishi Mountains

Mount Tekari (光岳, Tekari-dake) is part of the Akaishi Mountains on the border of Shizuoka and Nagano prefectures in Japan. It is the southernmost mountain in the Akaishi Mountains and the southernmost mountain over 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) in Japan.

Outline

The mountain's peak just exceeds the tree line, and Siberian Dwarf Pines and other alpine plants can be found on its southern face. This mountain is the southernmost point at which Siberian Dwarf Pines can be found throughout the world.

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100 Famous Japanese Mountains

Hokkaidō

Tōhoku region
Jōshinetsu region

Kantō region

Chūbu region

Hida Mountains (Northern Alps)	Mt. Shirouma Mt. Goryū Mt. Kashima Yari Mt. Tsurugi Mt. Tate Mt. Yakushi Mt. Kurobegorō Mt. Kuro (Suishō) Mt. Washiba Mt. Yari Mt. Hotaka Mt. Jōnen Mt. Kasa Mt. Yake Mt. Norikura

Kiso Mountains (Central Alps)	Mt. Kisokoma Mt. Utsugi Mt. Ena

Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps)	Mt. Kaikoma Mt. Senjō Mt. Hōō Mt. Kita Mt. Aino Mt. Shiomi Mt. Warusawa Mt. Akaishi Mt. Hijiri Mt. Tekari

Others	Mt. Ontake Utsukushigahara Mt. Kirigamine Mt. Tateshina Yatsugatake Mt. Haku Mt. Arashima

Western Japan

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