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The Altitude of Mount Fuji
According to the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan, the official height of Mount Fuji is 3,776 meters. There are eight peaks surrounding the jagged summit crater. The mountain’s peak is on the Kengamine peak, located on the southwest side of the mountain. The precise triangulation point of the peak located near the Mount Fuji Radar Dome, as measured by the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured 3,775.63 meters. However, the rock located on the north face of the summit is slightly higher than this at 3,776.24 meters. Either way, rounding the decimal to the nearest full number one gets 3,776 meters.
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Triangulation point of the summit
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This official height was also 3,776 meters when official measurements were taken in 1885. However, this changed later when part of the summit broke away. Then in 1926, due to uplift caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake, Mount Fuji rose up again to a height of 3,776 meters. This elevation has remained artificially unchanged since 1962 as any breakaways are corrected with the pouring of concrete.
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Mount Fuji Data
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Height (Kengamine Peak triangulation point)
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3,776.29 meters (1926 measurement)
3,775.63 meters (1962 measurement)
The official height (rounded up to full number) is 3,776 meters
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Position (Kengamine Peak Summit)
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Longitude: 138 degrees 45'1"E.
Latitude: 35 degrees 21'5"N
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Maximum Diameter
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West-East Side: 39 km
North-South Side: 37 km
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Circumference
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At Mountain Base：153 km
At 1,000 meter altitude: 41 km
At 2,500 meter altitude: 17 km
Exterior edge of the peak crater: 3 km
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Area
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Mountain Base: 900 square km
At 1,000 meter altitude: 452 square km
At 2,500 meter altitude: 21 square km
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Volume
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Up to 1,000 meters: 1174 cubic km
From 1,000 meters to the peak: 223 cubic km
From 2,500 meters to the peak: 12 cubic km
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