{{Short description|Range of volcanic mountains in central Izu Peninsula}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Amagi | other_name = 天城山 | image = Mount Amagi 20110919.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = View from the north | elevation_m = 1406 | elevation_ref = <ref name="gsj"/><ref name=otm>{{cite opentopomap|Mount Amagi|34.8628|139.0017|2023-05-28}}</ref> | prominence_m = 1046 | prominence_ref = <ref>https://worldribus.org/japanese-archipelago/</ref> | range = | parent_peak = | listing = Mountains of Japan, Ribu | country = Japan | subdivision1_type = Prefecture | subdivision1 = Shizuoka | part_type = Peninsula | part = Izu | map = Japan | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | label = Mount Amagi | label_position = bottom | coordinates = {{coord|34.8628|N|139.0017|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=otm/><ref name="gsj"/> | topo = | type = Stratovolcano | volcanic_arc = Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc | age = | last_eruption = 0.2 Ma<ref name="gsj">{{cite web|url=https://gbank.gsj.jp/volcano/Quat_Vol/volcano_data/F10.html|title=Amagi San|publisher=Geological Survey of Japan|access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref> | geology = Andesite<ref name="gsj"/> | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Hike }}
{{nihongo|'''Mount Amagi'''|天城山|Amagi-san}} is a range of volcanic mountains in central Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, forming the border between Izu City and Higashi-Izu Town. It is also referred to as the {{nihongo|'''Amagi Mountain Range'''|天城連山|Amagi Renzan}}. thumb|left|160px|Relief map of Amagi Volcano
The Amagi mountains have several peaks, the tallest of which are {{nihongo|'''Bansaburōdake'''|万三郎岳}} at {{convert|1406|m|ft}}, {{nihongo|'''Banjirōdake'''|万二郎岳}} at {{convert|1300|m|ft}}, and {{nihongo|'''Tōgasayama'''|遠笠山}} at {{convert|1197|m|ft}}.<ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger| pid=10897| name = Amagi-san|access-date=2023-04-01}} </ref>
There are several hiking routes to the top. Flora in the area include rhododendrons, Japanese andromeda, ''stewartia monadelpha'' and Siebold's beech.
Many ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were named after it, including a corvette, a battlecruiser and an aircraft carrier.
Amagi is listed as one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains in a book composed in 1964 by mountaineer/author Kyūya Fukada.<ref name="hyakumeizan">[http://www.japangazetteer.com/ Hyakumeizan, Hiking Japan!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109090538/http://www.japangazetteer.com/ |date=2007-01-09 }}. Japan Gazetteer.</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery widths="155px" heights="135px"> File:Mount_Amagi_20120610.jpg|View from the north File:Mount Amagi 20120218.jpg|View from the south File:Izu city, Ikadaba, Wasabi fields 20111002 C.jpg|Mount Amagi is a well-known producer of wasabi, which grows naturally along Japan's stream beds in mountain river valleys. </gallery>
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==External links== {{commons category|Mount Amagi}} * [https://gbank.gsj.jp/volcano/Quat_Vol/volcano_data/F10.html Amagi San] - Geological Survey of Japan * [http://kanko.city.izu.shizuoka.jp.e.jj.hp.transer.com/form1.html?c1=8&c2=1&pid=2791 Tourist brochure] - Izu city official * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160113092612/http://www.city.izu.shizuoka.jp/form1.php?pid=2794 Hiking Map] - Izu city official {{in lang|ja}} (web.archive.org) {{100 Famous Japanese Mountains|state=collapsed}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amagi}} Category:Mountains of Shizuoka Prefecture Category:Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park Category:Volcanoes of Shizuoka Prefecture Category:Volcanoes of Honshū Category:Izu, Shizuoka Category:Izu Peninsula
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