Okuchichibu Mountains

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or the , is a mountainous district in the Kantō region and Koshinetsu region, Japan. It covers the Western part of Tokyo, the Western part of Saitama prefecture, the Southwestern part of Gunma prefecture, the Southeastern part of Nagano prefecture, the northern part of Yamanashi prefecture. Oku (奥, oku, 奥地, okuchi) means the interior, Okuchichibu means the interior of chichibu (秩父, chichibu). The meaning of word Okuchichibu is based on point of view from Kantō region. This mountain area is folded mountains and range from 1000 to 2600 meters in height.  is the highest at 2601m. Most of the range lies in the .

Some of the mountains in Okuchichibu Mountains area include:

(2017 m)
(2077 m)
(2109 m)
(1953 m)
(2158 m)
(2082 m)
(2468 m)
(2475 m)
(2483 m)
(2591 m)
(2601 m)
(2579 m)
(2599 m)
(2230 m)
(2418 m)
(1818 m)
(1643 m)
(772 m)
(1723 m)
(1483 m)
(1081 m)
* (Mt. Myōhō 1332 m, Mt. Shiraiwa 1921 m, Mt. Kumotori 2017 m)
(1794 m)
(1332 m)
(1523 m)
(1921 m)
(1427 m)
(2036 m)
(1740 m)
(2000 m)
(2132 m)
(2232 m)
(2031 m)
(1777 m)
(1650 m)

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