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Usui Pass

mountain pass between Nagano and Gunma Prefectures in Japan
Place mountain_pass Q847860

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
mountain pass
Country
Japan[4]
Located in
Annaka, Karuizawa
Coordinate location
🗺️ 36.345°, 138.651°[5]
Carries thoroughfare
Japan National Route 18[9]
Coordinates
🗺️ 36.345°, 138.651°
Elevation above sea level
956.0[8]
Foods traditionally associated
Tōge no Kamameshi[6]
Located in protected area
Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park[10]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Annaka, Karuizawa[2][3]
Mountain range
Kanto Mountains[11]
Native label
碓氷峠[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Usui Pass en Usui-tōge de Usui-Pass fr col d'Usui it colle di Usui ja 碓日嶺 ja うすいとうげ ja 碓井峠 ja 碓氷峠 ko 우스이 고개 pl Przełęcz Usui tr Usui Geçidi zh 碓冰峠 zh 碓冰嶺
🔖 Identifiers · 10
VIAF cluster ID
254776807
Library of Congress authority ID
sh87005854
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Route18-Usui-Pass-01.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/050l7c
GNS Unique Feature ID
-247602
GeoNames ID
1849099
NDL Authority ID
00630311
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007532051005171
TripAdvisor ID
3441522
Yale LUX ID
place/92f90fd0-e34b-456f-9cc6-416bc00c1f92

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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Annaka, Karuizawa
Carries thoroughfare 1
Japan National Route 18
Country 1
Japan
Instance of 1
mountain pass
Located in protected area 1
Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park
Mountain range 1
Kanto Mountains
Named after 1
Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park
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Summary

Usui Pass is a mountain pass[1].

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Geography

Located in include Annaka[2], a city of Japan[12], in Japan[13], founded in 1889[14] and Karuizawa[3], a town of Japan[15], in Japan[16], founded in 1889[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Usui Pass include Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park[18], a railway museum[19], in Japan[20], founded in 1999[21].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park[18], a railway museum[19], in Japan[20], founded in 1999[21].

Related Entities

Japan

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  1. [4] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
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  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  9. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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