Mount Higashidate
Mount Higashidate | |
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![]() Mount Higashidate in July 2009 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,994 m (6,542 ft) ![]() |
Coordinates | 36°43′58″N 138°31′25″E / 36.73278°N 138.52361°ECoordinates: 36°43′58″N 138°31′25″E / 36.73278°N 138.52361°E |
Naming | |
Native name | 東館山 (Japanese) |
Geography | |
![]() ![]() Mount Higashidate |
Mount Higashidate (東館山, Higashitate-yama) is a mountain in Japan located in Yamanouchi, Nagano. For the 1998 Winter Olympics, it hosted the alpine skiing giant slalom events.
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Right: Mount Higashidate / Left: Mount Nishidate
References[]
- 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 191–3.
- Shinmai.co.jp 1998 Winter Olympics profile of the mountain.
Categories:
- Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiing venues
- Mountains of Nagano Prefecture
- Nagano geography stubs
- 1998 Winter Olympics stubs
- Winter Olympic venue stubs