Mount Daisen

Mount Daisen
Mount Daisen
大山
	Mount Daisen from the West
Highest point
Elevation	1,729 m (5,673 ft)
Prominence	1,634 m (5,361 ft)
Listing	Ultra, Ribu; List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates	35°22′16″N 133°32′47″E / 35.37111°N 133.54639°E
Naming
English translation	Big Mountain
Language of name	Japanese
Pronunciation	Japanese: [daiseɴ]
Geography
	Mount Daisen Japan
Location	Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Parent range	Chūgoku Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Complex volcano
Last eruption	Estimated 17,000-18,000 years ago
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

Mount Daisen (大山, Daisen) is a dormant stratovolcano in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It has an elevation of 1,729 m (5,673 ft). This mountain is the highest in the Chūgoku region, and the most important volcano on the Daisen volcanic belt, which is a part of the Southwestern Honshu volcanic arc, where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Amurian Plate.^{[citation needed]}