Title Mt. Rausu

  • Hokkaido
Topic(s):
Nature/Ecology $SETTINGS_DB.genreMap.get($item) National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Shiretoko National Park

羅臼岳

羅臼岳(1,661 メートル)は知床半島の最高峰で、半島の中心部を貫く知床連山の一部です。

山に育つ主要な植物はハイマツトドマツで、日本の他の地域よりも低い標高(1,000メートル)に生育しています。

山には2つの登山道があり、斜里町と羅臼町が登山口です。7月初旬から9月半ばまで開通しています。

山頂からは半島を見渡すことができ、晴れた日にはロシアと日本の間に伸びる千島列島や国後島まで眺めることができます。


Mt. Rausu

Mt. Rausu (1,661 m) is the tallest mountain on the Shiretoko Peninsula and is part of the Shiretoko mountain range that runs along the spine of the peninsula.


Dominant vegetation on the mountain includes Japanese stone pine (haimatsu; Pinus pumila) and Sakhalin fir (todomatsu; Abies sachalinensis), which grow at lower elevations (1,000 m or lower) than on Honshu, the main island of Japan.

There are two trails up the mountain, beginning in the towns of Shari and Rausu. They are open from the beginning of July to mid-September.

The summit affords views across the peninsula, and on a clear day, it is possible to see as far as Kunashiri Island and the Kuril Islands chain that stretches between Russia and Japan.


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