Mount Amagi

{{Short description|Range of volcanic mountains in central Izu Peninsula}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Amagi

| other_name = 天城山

| photo = Mount Amagi 20110919.jpg

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| photo_alt =

| photo_caption = View from the north

| elevation_m = 1406

| elevation_ref = {{cite opentopomap|Mount Amagi|34.8628|139.0017|2023-05-28}}

| prominence_m = 1046

| prominence_ref = https://worldribus.org/japanese-archipelago/

| range =

| parent_peak =

| listing = Mountains of Japan, Ribu

| country = Japan

| subdivision1_type = Prefecture | subdivision1 = Shizuoka

| part_type = Peninsula| part = Izu

| map = Japan

| map_alt =

| map_caption =

| map_size =

| label = Mount Amagi

| label_position = bottom

| coordinates = {{coord|34.8628|N|139.0017|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo =

| type = Stratovolcano

| volcanic_arc = Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc

| age =

| last_eruption = 0.2 Ma{{cite web|url=https://gbank.gsj.jp/volcano/Quat_Vol/volcano_data/F10.html|title=Amagi San|publisher=Geological Survey of Japan|access-date=2023-04-01}}

| geology = Andesite

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = Hike

}}

{{nihongo|Mount Amagi|天城山|Amagi-san}} is a range of volcanic mountains in central Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, forming the border between Izu City and Higashi-Izu Town. It is also referred to as the {{nihongo|Amagi Mountain Range|天城連山|Amagi Renzan}}.

File:Mount Amagi Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg

The Amagi mountains have several peaks, the tallest of which are {{nihongo|Bansaburōdake|万三郎岳}} at {{convert|1406|m|ft}}, {{nihongo|Banjirōdake|万二郎岳}} at {{convert|1300|m|ft}}, and {{nihongo|Tōgasayama|遠笠山}} at {{convert|1197|m|ft}}.{{cite peakbagger| pid=10897| name = Amagi-san|access-date=2023-04-01}}

There are several hiking routes to the top. Flora in the area include rhododendrons, Japanese andromeda, stewartia monadelpha and Siebold's beech.

Many ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were named after it, including a corvette, a battlecruiser and an aircraft carrier.

Amagi is listed as one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains in a book composed in 1964 by mountaineer/author Kyūya Fukada.[http://www.japangazetteer.com/ Hyakumeizan, Hiking Japan!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109090538/http://www.japangazetteer.com/ |date=2007-01-09 }}. Japan Gazetteer.