Japan · Hida Mountains2,999 m (9,839 ft)Mount Tsurugi / Tsurugidake 3D Terrain Map & Relief Model
Interactive digital elevation model (DEM) for Mount Tsurugi / Tsurugidake. Tilt, rotate, and inspect high-altitude summit ridges, glacial cirques, and approach routes in high-resolution 3D WebGL cartography.
The high-altitude tourist and mountaineering transport hub on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Col refuge offering commanding vistas of Mount Tsurugi's imposing South Face and Bessan ridge.
Glacial valley base campsite and Toyama Prefectural Police Mountain Rescue outpost.
The sharp granite summit of Tsurugidake, home to a stone shrine and the historic site of the 1907 survey discovery.
Total vertical rise from Tsurugigozen Small Hut (2,776m) directly to the summit crest.
DMS: 36°37′25″ N, 137°37′02″ E. Verified against alpine geodesy baselines.
The vertical drop to the lowest contour encircling the peak with no higher summit inside it.
Surrounded by lateral moraines, active icefalls, and high glaciated ridges feeding regional river systems.
Topographic Architecture of Mount Tsurugi / Tsurugidake
Mount Tsurugi (Tsurugidake) is a fearsome 2,999-metre (9,839 ft) granite horn in the northern Hida Mountains of Toyama Prefecture, known as the most hazardous and technically challenging alpine peak in Japan. Revered in ancient esoteric Buddhism as a realm of hell forbidden to human feet, the mountain became the epicenter of an epic race in 1907 between the Imperial Land Survey team led by Yoshitaro Shibasaki and master hunter Chōjirō Uji, and the newly established Japanese Alpine Club. Upon reaching the virgin summit, the survey team made the astonishing discovery of an ancient Heian-period bronze cane head and sword tip, revealing that ascetic Shugendō pilgrims had scaled the perilous peak over a millennium earlier.