Hira Mountains

The Hira Mountains (Hira-sanchi) are a mountain range to the west of Lake Biwa on the border of Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The range runs 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north to south. It is narrowest in the southern part of the range, running 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east to west, and broadest at the northern part of the range, running 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) km east to west. The eastern side of the Hira Mountains looks steeply over Lake Biwa, while the western side of the range forms a gentler valley in Kyoto. The three main peaks of the Hira Mountains are Mount Bunagatake, the highest with an elevation of 1,214.4 metres (3, 984 ft); Hōraisan, at 1,174 metres (3, 852 ft), and Mount Uchimi at 1,103 metres (3, 619 ft). The spring snow of the Hira Mountains is one of the Eight Views of Ōmi.

Location: Japan.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.