Mount Tate
The kanji for the mountain (立山 Tateyama), which is called "Tateyama" in Japanese, means "standing 立 or outstanding 顕" and "mountain," respectively. The pronunciation of "tate" is two syllables similar to "tah-teh" rather than rhyming with "gate." The Toyama Prefectural Government uses the name Mount Tateyama as an official translation of the Japanese mountain. The mountain is composed primarily of granite and gneiss. However, located along the ridge and plateau about west of the summit is a small andesite-dacite stratovolcano. This volcano has an elevation of , and has had minor historical eruptions, the latest in 1839. Tateyama is located in southeastern Toyama Prefecture. At the base of the mountain is the town of Tateyama which is accessible by train from the prefecture's capital city, Toyama. Public transportation takes climbers and tourists as far as the Murodo Plateau Station at an elevation of , from where individuals may climb to the peak on foot. These are the only glaciers identified in Japan so far. The mountain is the source of the following rivers, each of which flow to the Sea of Japan.
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It is one of the tallest mountains in the Hida Mountains at . Tateyama is the tallest mountain in the Tateyama Mountain Range (立山連峰, Tateyama-renpō).