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Ōu Mountains

The Ōu Mountains (Ōu-sanmyaku) are a mountain range in the Tōhoku region of Honshū, Japan. It is the longest range in Japan and stretches 500 km (311 mi) south from the Natsudomari Peninsula of Aomori Prefecture to the Nasu volcanoes at the northern boundary of the Kantō region. Though long, the range is only about 35 kilometres (22 mi) wide. The highest point in the range is Mount Iwate, 2,038 metres (6, 686 ft). The range includes several widely known mountains: Hakkōda Mountains, Mount Iwate, Mount Zaō, Mount Azuma, Mount Yakeishi, and Mount Adatara.

Location: Japan.

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

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