Mount Sannosawa

{{Short description|Mountain in Nagano Prefecture, Japan}}

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| name = Mount Sannosawa

| other_name = 三ノ沢岳

| photo = Mount Sannosawa from Mount Hoken 1996-09-08.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Sannosawa and Sannosawa cirque on east side seen from the direction of Mount Hōken

| elevation_m = 2846

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| location = Kiso District,
Japan

| range = Kiso Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|35|46|00|N|137|47|38|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title}}

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| easiest_route = Komagatake Ropeway

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{{nihongo|Mount Sannosawa|三ノ沢岳|Sannosawa-dake}} is amongst the Kiso Mountains, located in the Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is {{Convert|2846|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall. It is composed of Granite, and has a {{convert|120|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} long {{convert|30|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} wide cirque covered in dense vegetation, mainly pine trees.{{citation|title=Paleolimnology of Lake Biwa and the Japanese Pleistocene|last=Horie|first=Shoji|publisher=Kyoto University|year=1972|edition=5|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ssJAQAAIAAJ&q=Sannosawa-dake}} There is the "Sannosawa cirque". Glacial expansion has created a gully, just underneath the cirque. A lot of Alpine plant grow naturally. Name River and Ina River (Tributary of Kiso River) that become the sources flow to the Ise Bay of Pacific Ocean. There is the tributary called "Sannosawa" around Mount Sannosawa. Komagatake Ropeway is used to climb.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kankou-komagane.com/tree5/mountains.html |title=Mountains information |publisher=Komagane Tourist Association |language=Japanese |accessdate=2011-04-24}}