{{short description|Mountain in the country of Japan}} {{For|the peak in the Australian Alps|Mount Tate (New South Wales)}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Tate | other_name = Tateyama, 立山 | image = Mount_Tate_viewed_from_Midorigaike.jpg | image_caption = Mount Tate (Mount Fuji-no-Oritate, Mount Oonanji, Mount O) and Mikuri Pond | elevation_m = 3015 | elevation_ref = <ref name="watch tizu">{{cite web|url=http://watchizu.gsi.go.jp/watchizu.html?longitude=137.5400&latitude=36.3925 |title=Map inspection service|publisher=Geospatial Information Authority of Japan|language=ja |access-date=January 28, 2011}}</ref> | prominence = | map = Japan#Japan Chubu#Japan Toyama Prefecture | map_caption = Location in Japan | map_size = 280 | label_position = | listing = {{ubl|List of mountains in Japan|''100 Famous Japanese Mountains''}} | translation = Standing Mountain | language = Japanese | location = Toyama Prefecture, Japan | range = Hida Mountains | coordinates = {{coord|36|34|33|N|137|37|11|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="watch tizu" /> | topo = Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 剱岳<ref name="watch tizu" /><br />50000:1 立山 | type = | age = | volcanic_arc/belt = | last_eruption = | first_ascent = Saeki no Ariyori c. 8th century AD | easiest_route = }}

{{nihongo|'''Mount Tate'''|立山|Tate-yama|{{IPA|ja|tateꜜjama|IPA}}}}, also known as '''Tateyama,''' is a mountain located in the southeastern area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the tallest mountains in the Hida Mountains at {{Convert|3015|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} and one of Japan's {{Nihongo|Three Holy Mountains|三霊山|Sanreizan}} along with Mount Fuji and Mount Haku.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Hagino |date=August 13, 2018 |title=Hiking the spiritual Mount Tateyama |url=https://www.insidejapantours.com/blog/2018/08/13/spiritual-mount-tateyama/ |access-date=April 22, 2022 |website=InsideJapan Tours |language=en-GB}}</ref> Tateyama consists of three peaks: Ōnanjiyama (大汝山, 3,015&nbsp;m), Oyama (雄山, 3,003&nbsp;m), and Fuji-no-Oritate, (富士ノ折立, 2,999m)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://maps.gsi.go.jp/#15/36.575910/137.619592/&base=std&ls=std&disp=1&vs=c1j0l0u0f0 | title=地理院地図｜国土地理院}}</ref> which form a ridge line. Tateyama is the tallest mountain in the Tateyama Mountain Range (立山連峰, Tateyama-renpō).

The Oyama Shrine is located on Oyama Peak.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fay |first1=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yuKPDwAAQBAJ&dq=Oyama+Shrine+(Tateyama)&pg=PT104 |title=Hiking and Trekking in the Japan Alps and Mount Fuji: Northern, Central and Southern Alps |last2=Lang |first2=Wes |date=2019-03-27 |publisher=Cicerone Press Limited |isbn=978-1-78362-714-1 |language=en}}</ref>

Mount Tate was first climbed by Saeki no Ariyori, during Japan's Asuka period. The area was incorporated into the Chūbu-Sangaku National Park on 4 December 1934.<ref name="npark">{{cite web|url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/parks/chubu.html|title=Chūbu-Sangaku National Park|publisher=Ministry of the Environment (Japan)|access-date=January 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227172634/http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/parks/chubu.html|archive-date=February 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsi.go.jp/KOKUJYOHO/MOUNTAIN/mountain.html|title=日本の主な山岳標高}}</ref>

==Name== The '''kanji''' name for the mountain is 立山, '''Tateyama''' in Japanese, which means "standing (立) or outstanding (顕)" and "mountain (山)," respectively. The Toyama Prefectural Government uses the name Mount Tateyama as an official translation of the Japanese mountain.

==Geology== The mountain is primarily composed of granite and gneiss. However, located along the ridge and plateau, about {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the summit, there is a small andesite-dacite stratovolcano.<ref>{{cite gvp|vn=283080 |name=Midagahara }}</ref> This volcano has an elevation of {{Convert|2621|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} and has minor eruptions, the latest occurring in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Active volcanoes and eruptions in Japan |url=https://www.worlddata.info/asia/japan/volcanos.php |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Worlddata.info |language=en}}</ref>

== Geography ==

=== Location === Tateyama is located in southeastern Toyama Prefecture. At the base of the mountain is the town of Tateyama which is accessible by train from the prefecture's capital city, Toyama. Public transportation takes climbers and tourists as far as the Murodo Plateau Station at an elevation of {{Convert|2450|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, where individuals may climb to the peak on foot. This location allows for the formation of snow and its accumulation, forming glaciers. These are the only glaciers identified in Japan so far.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201802070001.html |title=3 snow patches in central Japan certified as glaciers |journal=Asahi Shimbun |date=February 7, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref>

=== Nearby mountains === [[File:Mount Tate and Mount Tsurugi from Mount Kashimayari 2003-11-01.jpg|thumb|Mount Tate, Mount Bessan and Mount Tsurugi seen from Mount Kashimayari at sunset]] {| class="wikitable" !Image !Mountain !Elevation !Distance and<br />direction<br />from the Top !Note |- |100px |Mount Tsurugi<br />剱岳 |{{Convert|2999|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|5.3|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<br />North |100 Japanese Mountains |- |100px |Mount Bessan<br />別山 |{{Convert|2,880|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|2.4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<br />North | |- style="background-color:#ccc" |100px |Mount Tate<br />立山 |{{Convert|3015|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|0|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} |100 Famous Japanese Mountains<br />the tallest mountain in Toyama Prefecture |- |100px |Mount Ryūō<br />龍王岳 |{{Convert|2,872|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|1.7|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<br />Southwest | |- |100px |Mount Harinoki<br />針ノ木岳 |{{Convert|2,820.60|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|7.2|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<br />Southeast |200 Japanese Mountains |- |100px |Mount Akaushi<br />赤牛岳 |{{Convert|2,864.23|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|12.8|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<br />South |200 Japanese Mountains |- |100px |Mount Yakushi<br />薬師岳 |{{Convert|2926.01|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|13.7|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}<br />Southwest |100 Japanese Mountains |}

=== Rivers === Mount Tate is the source of two rivers, both flowing to the Sea of Japan.<ref name="tizu">{{cite book| title=Mountain and plateau map of Mount Tsurugi and Tateyama |publisher=Shobunsha Publications|isbn=978-4-398-75716-6 |language=ja |year=2010}}</ref> * Hayatsuki River * Tsurugi Sawa, tributaries of the Kurobe River

== Scenery of Tateyama == <gallery mode="packed"> File:Mount Tate from Higashi Ichinokoshi 1995-08-20.jpg|Tateyama from Higashi-Ichinokoshi File:Mount Tate from Mount Betsu 1995-08-20.jpg|Tateyama from Mount Bessan File:Tateyama from jiigatake 20 2001 11 20.jpg|Tateyama and Mount Tsurugi from Mount Jii File:Mount Tate and Mount Tsurugi from Mount Asahi 2000-07-30.jpg|Tateyama and Mount Tsurugi from Mount Asahi </gallery>

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==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikivoyage}} * [http://www.alpen-route.com/en/ Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route official website]

==See also== * Chūbu-Sangaku National Park * Japanese Alps * List of mountains and hills of Japan by height * List of three-thousanders in Japan * Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route * Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Service Train * Tateyama, Toyama * Tateyama Station (Toyama) *Murodō Station *Kurobe Dam *Midagahara *Murodō *Tourism in Japan

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