Mount Fuji in numbers
- Veröffentlicht am : 19/07/2018
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On ne le présente plus : sa silhouette majestueuse symbolise le pays du Soleil-Levant et avec 3776 mètres, le mont Fuji constitue le point culminant du Japon. Mais il n'y a pas que son altitude qui donne le vertige...Voici quelques chiffres étonnants que nous vous invitons à découvrir.
Lake Tanuki & Mount Fuji in reflection
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Numbers...
- Its topography in figures:
- 3,776 meters: its altitude
- 50 km: the dimension of its diameter at its base.
- 500 to 700 meters: the width of its crater.
- 100 to 250 meters: the depth of its crater.
- 870 km 3: its volume.
- Its geology in figures:
- 3: this is the number of successive volcanoes that made up present-day Mount Fuji: the Komitake volcano, “ko fuji” (or “old Fuji”), and “shin fuji” (“new Fuji”).
- 600,000 years ago: this is the estimated date of the first eruptions of the Komitake volcano.
- 100,000 years: this is the approximate date on which the “ko fuji” would have been superimposed on the komitake.
- 10,000 years ago: this is the date on which the "shin fuji" would have formed to finally form the current Mount Fuji.
- 16: the number of eruptions recorded since the year 781.
- Its popularity in numbers:
- 1: it is the most visited mountain in the world!
- 3 million: this is the number of people who come to the fifth station (located at an altitude of 2,000 m).
- 300,000: this is the number of people to achieve its ascent from July to August each year (the months of the official opening).
- From 300 to 400: the number of suicides that were committed in the Aokigahara forest, at the foot of Fuji, from 2005 to 2007 and more than 100 between 2013 and 2015.
- A few more numbers:
- 4: the number of hiking trails that lead to its summit. We find the trails: Yoshidaguchi, Subashiri, Gotemba, and Fujinomiya.
- 10: the number of stations along its paths to the summit.
- From 6 to 10: this is the number of hours to climb.
- From 4 to 6: this is the number of hours it takes to descend.
- 144 kilometers: this is the distance that separates the sacred mountain from the zero point of the roads of Japan located at Nihonbashi in Tokyo.
and dates
- 663: the year of the first known ascent of Mount Fuji.
- 781: the year of the first recorded eruption.
- 1707: the year of the last eruption recorded to date.
- 1872: the year when women finally have the right to climb the sacred mountain.
- June 22, 2013: inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Diamond Fuji
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