Mount Chitose (千歳山, Chitose-yama; Yaeyama: Tsïtusï-yama) is a mountain located on Kuba-jima (Kuba Island) in the Senkaku Islands archipelago, administered by Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the highest point of Kuba Island.
Elevation: 117 m (384 ft)
Coordinates: 25°55′24.3″N 123°40′51″E
Geography: The mountain is situated on Kuba-jima, an uninhabited islet in the East China Sea that is part of the disputed Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China and the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan). The island spans approximately 0.31 square kilometers, and Mount Chitose forms its central topographic feature. The second-highest point on the island is Mount Shinten.
The name "Chitose" (千歳) means "thousand years" in Japanese. The mountain is one of several mountains in Japan bearing the same name.
