Mount Hayachine

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For the asteroid, see 11129 Hayachine.

Mount Hayachine
Mount Hayachine from the south in November 2009
Elevation	1,913.6 m (6,278 ft)
Location
Mount Hayachine Tōhoku region, Honshū, Japan
Range	Kitakami Range
Coordinates	39°33′30″N 141°29′20″E / 39.55833°N 141.48889°E / 39.55833; 141.48889Coordinates: 39°33′30″N 141°29′20″E / 39.55833°N 141.48889°E / 39.55833; 141.48889
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

Mount Hayachine (早池峰山, Hayachine-san), at 1,917 m (6,289 ft), is the highest mountain in the Kitakami Range and the second highest in Iwate Prefecture after Mount Iwate.

Mt. Hayachine is unusual in that it lies farther east than other large mountains on Honshu and the land in this area is the oldest in Japan. As such there are flower species that are unique to this mountain.

Hida Mountains (Northern Alps)	Mt. Shirouma Mt. Goryū Mt. Kashima Yari Mt. Tsurugi Mt. Tate Mt. Yakushi Mt. Kurobegorō Mt. Kuro (Suishō) Mt. Washiba Mt. Yari Mt. Hotaka Mt. Jōnen Mt. Kasa Mt. Yake Mt. Norikura

Kiso Mountains (Central Alps)	Mt. Kisokoma Mt. Utsugi Mt. Ena

Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps)	Mt. Kaikoma Mt. Senjō Mt. Hōō Mt. Kita Mt. Aino Mt. Shiomi Mt. Warusawa Mt. Akaishi Mt. Hijiri Mt. Tekari

Others	Mt. Ontake Utsukushigahara Mt. Kirigamine Mt. Tateshina Yatsugatake Mt. Haku Mt. Arashima

Western Japan

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Mount Hayachine

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