Mount Kongo
Encyclopedia
is a 1125 meter high mountain in the Senshū
region of the Osaka Prefecture
, Kansai
, Japan
. It is near Mount Katsuragi.
The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy
's 1877 corvette Kongō
; 1912 battleship Kongō
, the nameship of her class; and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
's current destroyer Kongō
(DDG-173), also the nameship of her class
.
Izumi Province
was a province of Japan. It is also referred to as . It lay in Kinai, and its area today composes the south-western part of Osaka Prefecture . The Ōshōji in Sakai was the border with Settsu Province, until the beginning of the Meiji period, when the boundary was changed to be at the Yamato River...
region of the Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...
, Kansai
Kansai
The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Mie, Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, and Shiga. Depending on who makes the distinction, Fukui, Tokushima and even Tottori Prefecture are also included...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is near Mount Katsuragi.
The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
's 1877 corvette Kongō
Japanese corvette Kongo (1877)
was the lead ship in the of armored sail-and-steam corvettes of the early Imperial Japanese Navy. Kongō was named after the Mount Kongō, in Nara Prefecture and the name was subsequently used for the World War II battleship , as well as the s of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense...
; 1912 battleship Kongō
Japanese battleship Kongo
Kongō was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kongō class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built. Her designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston, and she was laid down in 1911 at...
, the nameship of her class; and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
The , or JMSDF, is the naval branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. It was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II....
's current destroyer Kongō
JDS Kongo (DDG-173)
JDS Kongō is a Kongō class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Kongō is the third Japanese naval vessel named for Mount Kongō....
(DDG-173), also the nameship of her class
Kongo class destroyer
The of guided missile destroyers serves as the core ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 's Escort Flotillas. They are a modification of the United States Navy's Arleigh Burke class .-Design:...
.
See also
- Mt. Kongō RopewayMt. Kongo RopewayThe is Japanese aerial lift line in Chihayaakasaka, Ōsaka. The line is unique as it is owned by the village government. The line operation is entrusted to , a private company that mainly operates restaurants...