Mount Ena

{{Short description|Peak on the Kiso Mountains, Chūbu, Japan}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Ena | other_name = 恵那山 | image = Enasan from north 2010-9-17.JPG | image_caption = | elevation_m = 2191 | elevation_ref = <ref name=otm>{{cite opentopomap|Mount Ena|35.44312|137.59767|2023-06-11}}</ref> | prominence_m = | prominence_ref= | range = Kiso Mountains | listing = Mountains and hills of Japan | location = Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture<br />Achi, Nagano Prefecture<br />Japan | map = Japan | map_size = 280 | coordinates = {{coord|35|26|35|N|137|35|49|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref= | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | fetchwikidata=ALL }} {{nihongo|'''Mount Ena'''|恵那山|Ena-san}} is a mountain peak of the Kiso Mountains in the Chūbu region of Japan.

==Geography== Mount Ena is {{Convert|2191|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in elevation.<ref name="net">{{cite web|url=http://enasan.net/blog/enasan/|url-status=live|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327085751/http://enasan.net/blog/enasan/|title=Mount Ena Outdoor Information |lang=ja|website=Nakatsugawa City Regional Information - Enasan Net|access-date=June 27, 2008}}</ref> It is located on the border between Nakatsugawa in Gifu Prefecture and Achi in Nagano Prefecture.

The mountain is on the list of landmark "100 Famous Japanese Mountains." The Kiso Mountains are the "Central Alps" of the scenic Japanese Alps group, located on central Honshu.

==Ascents== ===Hiking routes=== There are four hiking routes to the summit of Mount Ena: *Kuroisawa Route (黒井沢ルート) *Misaka Pass Route (神坂峠ルート) *Hirogawara Route (広河原ルート) *Maemiya Route (前宮ルート)

=== Summit views === The Japanese Alps ranges, Mount Ontake, Mount Haku, and part of Mount Fuji can be seen from the summit of Mount Ena.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="100px" style="text-align:left; margin-top:3em"> File:Mount Ena Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg|Relief Map File:Mount Fujimidai from Mount Ena 2010-12-12.jpg|The Kiso Mountains—Central Alps File:Mount Ontake and Mount Norikura from Mount Ena 2010-12-12.jpg|Mount Ontake and Mount Norikura </gallery>

==See also== *Kiso Mountains *100 Famous Japanese Mountains *Before the Dawn — ''novel by Tōson Shimazaki''.

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==External links== *[http://enasan.net/ Enasan.net] {{commonscat|position=left}}

{{100 Famous Japanese Mountains}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ena}} Category:Kiso Mountains Category:Japan Alps Category:Mountains of Gifu Prefecture Category:Mountains of Nagano Prefecture Category:Mountains of Japan