Fuji,Mount

Fuji,Mount
Fuji, Mount also Fu·ji·ya·ma (fo͞o'jē-yäʹmə, -mä) or Fu·ji·no·ya·ma (-nō-) or Fu·ji·san (-sänʹ)
The highest peak, 3,778.6 m (12,389 ft), in Japan, in central Honshu west-southwest of Tokyo. An almost perfectly symmetrical snow-capped volcanic cone, it is a sacred mountain and pilgrimage site. Its last major eruption was in 1707.

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