Mount Kirigamine
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Mount Kirigamine is located at Nagano prefecture, Japan.
Coordinates: Latitude: 36.100, Longitude: 138.167 [[1]]. Elevation: 1925m above sea (According to Giga Atlas, ISBN4-398-64180-7). There is some antenna at the top, protected with a sphere of several meter diameter (fig.1). Most of the mount is covered with grass with sparse bushes and rocks.
The South and East sides are suitable for gliding. There is narrow Landing Zone in vicinity of Parking Lot (fig.2), also, grassy Kurumayama at the North side, and huge emergency landing at the West side from the mount (see external links below). The South-East cliffs (fig.3) are soarable at wind above 3m/sec. The Norht part is equipped with ski-lifts (FIg.3).
Platoe Kirigamine is at South and West from Kirigamine.
[edit] External links:
Map: http://www.tageo.com/index-e-ja-v-00-d-m349551.htm
Pics:
Foggy Lirigamine (mainly flowers): http://komin1.cool.ne.jp/gallery3/kirigamine/picindex.htm
Tourist trips (sorry, commercial links, should they be here?):
http://alchemizt.fotopic.net/c594009.html
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/maps/japan-map-and-satellite-photos/nagano-prefecture/resorts/kirigamine.html
