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Mount Kōya

The 2125th highest mountain range in the world

1,000m

Mount Kōya (Kōya-san) is a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to the south of Osaka. In the strictest sense, Mount Kōya is the mountain name (sangō) of Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon Buddhism.

Location: Japan.

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

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