Photos • Location
| Mount Bukō | |
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| 武甲山 | |
 Mount Bukō, with terracing from
limestone mining clearly visible | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,304 m (4,278 ft) |
| Coordinates | 35°57′06″N 139°05′52″E / 35.951667°N 139.097778°E |
| Geography | |
  Mount Bukō
Chichibu, Saitama, Japan | |
Mount Bukō (武甲山, Bukō-san) is a mountain in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan. A major regional source of limestone, it has been actively quarried since the Edo period. [1] [2]
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Relief Map -
Downtown Chichibu -
![With Hitsujiyama Park [ja]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/%E7%BE%8A%E5%B1%B1%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92%E3%81%AE%E8%8A%9D%E6%A1%9C%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%98_%28Phlox_subulata_in_Chichibu%29_02_May%2C_2010_-_panoramio.jpg/120px-%E7%BE%8A%E5%B1%B1%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92%E3%81%AE%E8%8A%9D%E6%A1%9C%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%98_%28Phlox_subulata_in_Chichibu%29_02_May%2C_2010_-_panoramio.jpg)
With Hitsujiyama Park
![With Hitsujiyama Park [ja]](/info/en/?search=File:%E7%BE%8A%E5%B1%B1%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92%E3%81%AE%E8%8A%9D%E6%A1%9C%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%98_(Phlox_subulata_in_Chichibu)_02_May,_2010_-_panoramio.jpg)
References
- ^ Martin, Alex K. T. (21 November 2017). "Jobs battle environment on sacred but scarred Mount Buko". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ Toyota, Hiroko; Ito, Daiki; Suzuki, Shuya; Hara, Ryohei; Wang, Junxiang (1 July 2019). "Mapping vanished mountain shapes - The struggle between limestone mining and establishing a natural park at Mount Bukō -". Abstracts of the ICA. 1: 368. doi: 10.5194/ica-abs-1-368-2019.
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Mount Buko.
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| Mount Bukō | |
|---|---|
| 武甲山 | |
|
Mount Bukō, with terracing from
limestone mining clearly visible | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,304 m (4,278 ft) |
| Coordinates | 35°57′06″N 139°05′52″E / 35.951667°N 139.097778°E |
| Geography | |
Mount Bukō
Chichibu, Saitama, Japan | |
Mount Bukō (武甲山, Bukō-san) is a mountain in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan. A major regional source of limestone, it has been actively quarried since the Edo period. [1] [2]
-
Relief Map
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Downtown Chichibu
-
With Hitsujiyama Park
References
- ^ Martin, Alex K. T. (21 November 2017). "Jobs battle environment on sacred but scarred Mount Buko". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ Toyota, Hiroko; Ito, Daiki; Suzuki, Shuya; Hara, Ryohei; Wang, Junxiang (1 July 2019). "Mapping vanished mountain shapes - The struggle between limestone mining and establishing a natural park at Mount Bukō -". Abstracts of the ICA. 1: 368. doi: 10.5194/ica-abs-1-368-2019.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Mount Buko.
| International | |
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| National | |
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| This Saitama Prefecture location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |