Mount Hiyori

Mount Hiyori
Hiyoriyama after the disaster of 2011 (May 30, 2014)
Highest point
Elevation3 m (9.8 ft)
Coordinates38°15′20″N 141°00′42″E / 38.2556°N 141.0118°E / 38.2556; 141.0118
Naming
Native name日和山
Geography
Geology
Mountain typeMan-made

Mount Hiyori (日和山, Hiyoriyama) located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is Japan's lowest mountain. From 1991 to 1996, and again on April 9, 2014, after the Tohoku tsunami, the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan recognized it as "the lowest mountain in Japan".