# Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group

- **Country:** Japan
- **Coordinates:** 36.019167, 138.355556
- **Age:** Quaternary
- **Biome:** Alpine climate
- **Parent:** Yatsugatake Mountains
- **Country:** Japan
- **Geology:** Volcanic
- **Highest:** Mount Tengu
- **Orogeny:** Island arc
- **Etymology:** Northern Mountains with eight peaks
- **Borders On:** Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
- **Elevation M:** 2646
- **Subdivision1:** Nagano Prefecture
- **Subdivision2:** Chūbu
- **Settlement Type:** Municipalities
- **Subdivision2 Type:** Region
- **Subdivision3 Type:** Districts

The southern Yatsugatake mountains are steep and have alpine characteristics. The mountains of the Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group are gentler and lower.

![Photo of Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Kita-Yatsugatake.jpg)

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