Friday 28 August 2009

Mt.Fuji profile


Profile

Height - 3,776 meters (the tallest mountain in Japan)

Location - Shizuoka Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture

Type - Active volcano

Official climbing season - July1 to August 31

Last eruption - December 1707

Mean annual temperature -6.4 degrees centigrade (even when the ground level temperature is about 30 degrees, the temperature at the 5th station is about 16 degrees and at the summit as low as about 7 degrees.

Wind speed: Annual average of 12 meters/sec

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