Mount Izumi Katsuragi

Mount Izumi Katsuragi
和泉葛城山 Izumi Katsuragi-san
Mount Izumi Katsuragi as seen from the viewing platform (December 2008).
Highest point
Elevation	858 m (2,815 ft)
Coordinates	34°20′53″N 135°26′03″E / 34.3481°N 135.4342°E / 34.3481; 135.4342Coordinates: 34°20′53″N 135°26′03″E / 34.3481°N 135.4342°E / 34.3481; 135.4342
Naming
Translation	Izumi Kudzu Castle Mountain (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Izumi Katsuragi Mount Izumi Katsuragi is located in Kishiwada and Kaizuka, Osaka, and in Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan
Parent range	Kongō Range

Mount Izumi Katsuragi (和泉葛城山, Izumi Katsuragi-san^?) is a mountain in the Kongō Range straddling the border between Osaka and Wakayama Prefectures in Japan. Its peak elevation is 858 metres (2,815 ft).

Mount Izumi Katsuragi is an 858 metres (2,815 ft) mountain located on the Kongō Range, straddling the prefectural boundary between Osaka and Wakayama in Japan. Parts of the mountain lie in Kishiwada and Kaizuka, Osaka, as well as in Kinokawa, Wakayama.

The Izumiyama Chain and the Kongō Range form a 120 kilometres (75 mi) long L-shaped range called the Kongō - Izumi Katsuragi Mountain Range (金剛・和泉葛城山系, Kongō - Izumi Katsuragi Sankei^?), extending along the border between Osaka, Nara, and Wakayama, including Mount Yamato Katsuragi. Mount Izumi Katsuragi has been known as the heart of the Katsuragi Mountains since ancient times.

The north slope of Mount Izumi Katsuragi is covered in a wood of Japanese beech, which favor growing at elevations high enough to remain fairly cool. Harvesting the trees in this wood is forbidden by the association of Hachidairyūō shrines and temples, and this is the southernmost stand of Japanese beech on Honshū. The trees in the area were designated a national protected species in 1923, allowing them to continue to thrive in an area very close to suburban and urban growth.