Mount Kengatake
剱ヶ岳
Awara, Fukui · Elevation 568 m
Mount Kengatake is a 568 m peak in eastern Awara City, Fukui Prefecture, on the western edge of the Kaetsu Plateau. Long associated with the legend of Emperor Keitai (Otarashi-o), the 26th emperor of Japan, the summit holds a small shrine to him. The mountain forms a ridge running north over the Kazedani Pass to Mount Kariyasu, and its summit looks out over the Sea of Japan and Mount Hakusan. It is listed in the Fukui Prefecture volume of the Bunken Tozan Guide.
Mount Kengatake at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Wed, November 4: clear, gusts up to 6 m/s.
Mount Kengatake weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:19, sunset 16:58
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.1 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 15 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 5 | 4.6 | 9 | 5 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Snow depth | cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Wind gusts | m/s | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
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Mount Kengatake facts
- Elevation
- 568 m
- Location
- Awara, Fukui
36.199114, 136.320870