Mount Utatsu

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Mount Utatsu
卯辰山
View from Mount Utatsu of downtown Kanazawa.
Highest point
Elevation	149 m (489 ft)[1]
Prominence	33 m (108 ft)[1]
Listing	Mountains of Japan
Coordinates	36°34′24″N 136°40′40″E / 36.5732°N 136.6778°E / 36.5732; 136.6778[2]
Naming
Language of name	Japanese
Geography
Mount Utatsu Japan

Mount Utatsu (卯辰山, Utatsu-yama) is a mountain in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is also known by a number of other names, including Mount Mukai (向山, Mukai-yama), Mount Mukō (夢香山, Mukō-yama), Mount Garyū (臥竜山, Garyū-zan), and Mount Kasuga (春日山, Kasuga-yama). It is visible to the east of Kanazawa Castle and has Toyokuni Shrine located on its slopes.

The summit of Mount Utatsu is used as a secondary triangulation point (named "Kanazawa") by the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan.