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[[Image:SMWKappaMountain.png|thumb|216px|right|Mario climbing up '''Kappa Mountain''' in ''Super Mario World''.]]
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'''Kappa Mountain'''<ref>''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet, p. 19.</ref> is the largest mountain on [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]]. It first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', in which it was the location of the [[Yellow Switch Palace]]. It is also possible that Kappa Mountain is the setting of areas such as the Summit in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', but this has not been confirmed.
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|image=[[File:SMWKappaMountain.png|256px]]<br>[[Mario]] climbing up Kappa Mountain in ''Super Mario World''
The name Kappa comes from a [[wikipedia:Kappa (folklore)|mythical creature]] in Japan, which has a water-filled, bowl-shaped depression on the top of its head. If the water runs out, the Kappas die. The lake in the middle of the mountain in ''Super Mario World'' looks like the head of a Kappa, and the whole mountain could be thought of a Kappa lying on its underbelly.<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/smw_j-e.shtml#kappa The Mushroom Kingdom] (Accessed on 7-3-08)</ref>
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|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
|greater_location=[[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]]
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'''Kappa Mountain'''<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, page 19.</ref> is the largest mountain on [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]]. In ''[[Super Mario World]]'', it is the location of the [[Yellow Switch Palace]].


The name Kappa comes from a {{wp|Kappa (folklore)|mythical creature}} in Japan, which has a water-filled, bowl-shaped depression on the top of its head. If the water runs out, the ''kappa'' dies. The lake in the middle of the mountain in ''Super Mario World'' looks like the head of a ''kappa'', and the whole mountain could be thought of as a ''kappa'' lying on its underbelly.
==Names in other languages==  
==Names in other languages==  
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{{foreign names
|Jap=かっぱ<span class="explain" title="やま"></span>
|Jap=かっぱ{{ruby|山|やま}}<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)</ref>
|JapR=Kappa Yama
|JapR=Kappa Yama
|JapM=Kappa Mountain
|JapM=Kappa Mountain
|Por=Montanha Kappa
|Por=Montanha Kappa
|PorM=Kappa Mountain}}
|PorM=Kappa Mountain
|Fre=Montagne Kappa
|FreM=Kappa Mountain
|Ita=Monte Kappa
|ItaM=Mount Kappa
|Spa=Montaña de Kappa
|SpaM=Kappa Mountain}}


==References==
==References==
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