# Mount Fuji

- **Country:** Japan
- **Coordinates:** 35.360833, 138.727500
- **Id:** 1418
- **Age:** 100,000 years
- **Area:** 20,702.1 ha
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Year:** 2013
- **Child:** yes
- **Country:** Japan
- **Listing:** {{plainlist|
- **Criteria:** Cultural: iii, vi
- **Embedded:** {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
- **Location:** Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
- **Map Size:** 280
- **Topo Map:** Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 50000:1
- **Buffer Zone:** 49,627.7 ha
- **First Ascent:** 663 by En no Odzunu (役行者, En no gyoja, En no Odzuno)
- **Prominence M:** 3776
- **Volcanic Arc:** Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
- **Easiest Route:** Hiking
- **Last Eruption:** 1707–08
- **Mountain Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Official Name:** Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
- **Prominence Ref:** Ranked 35th
- **Settlement Type:** Municipalities
- **Subdivision1 Type:** Prefectures

Mount Fuji is located at a triple junction trench where the Eurasian Plate, North American Plate, and Philippine Sea Plate meet. These three plates form the western part of Japan, the eastern part of Japan, and the Izu Peninsula respectively. The Fuji triple junction is only from the Boso triple junction.

![Photo of Mount Fuji](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/View_of_Mount_Fuji_from_%C5%8Cwakudani_20211202.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)