# Mount Gassan

- **Country:** Japan
- **Coordinates:** 38.548889, 140.026944
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Listing:** 100 Famous Japanese Mountains Three Mountains of Dewa Ribu
- **Language:** Japanese
- **Location:** Yamagata, Tōhoku, Japan
- **Map Size:** 280
- **Other Name:** 月山
- **Elevation M:** 1984
- **Translation:** Moon Mountain
- **Prominence M:** 1487
- **Easiest Route:** Hiking

![Photo of Mount Gassan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Precincts_of_Gassan_jinja.JPG)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gassan (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)