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Mountain in Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Mount Yakebitai
Mount Yakebitai
Highest point
Coordinates36°46′N 138°31′E / 36.767°N 138.517°E / 36.767; 138.517
Naming
Native name焼額山 (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Yakebitai is located in JapanMount YakebitaiMount Yakebitai

Mount Yakebitai (焼額山, Yakebitai-yama) is a mountain located in Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan. For the 1998 Winter Olympics, it hosted the alpine skiing slalom and snowboarding giant slalom events.

During the 1998 games, the mountain suffered a mild earthquake that registered 5.0 on the Richter magnitude scale, but the skiing events continued.

References

Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano)
Olympic venues in alpine skiing
1900s
2000s
Olympic venues in snowboarding
20th century
21st century


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