Karasawa Cirque
- Depth
- 137 m
- Rim
- 2,424 m
- Length
- 1.1 km
- Tonight
- 7°CLight rain · Wind 18 km/h W
Karasawa Cirque is up to 137 m deep: the rim reaches 2,424 m and the floor 2,287 m, along 1.1 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 2,287 m
Karasawa Cirque 3D map
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Karasawa Cirque terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Karasawa Cirque elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Karasawa Cirque weather
Today · Heavy rain · 7 / 10°C (45 / 50°F) · 13.6 mm · Wind 18 km/h W
Karasawa Cirque forecast for about 2,424 m.
- Today7°10°13.6 mm18 km/h W
- Sun7°9°20.7 mm17 km/h W
- Mon7°9°13.6 mm8 km/h SE
- Tue-3°8°3.1 mm15 km/h W
- Wed-7°-1°–12 km/h NW
- Thu-1°3°–8 km/h SW
- Fri2°6°0.1 mm12 km/h SW
- Sat-3°4°6.7 mm14 km/h W
- Sun-4°1°–10 km/h W
- Mon-3°0°2.7 mm18 km/h W
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Karasawa Cirque
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Karasawa Cirque, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
涸沢小屋
Nearest campsite
涸沢野営場
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 68.7% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,179 m low point 1,001 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6 km of Karasawa Cirque.
Summit list 9
- 1Mount Kita-Hotaka3,106 m 1.6 km ESE
- 2Mount Minami3,033 m 1.7 km NE
- 3Mount Karasawa3,103 m 1.7 km SSE
- 4Mount Naka3,084 m 2.5 km NNE
- 5Mount Okuhotaka3,190 m 2.5 km SSE
- 6Gendarme3,163 m 2.5 km SSE
- 7Mt. Ohbami3,101 m 3.1 km NNE
- 8Mount Mae-Hotaka3,090 m 3.7 km SE
- 9Mount Yari3,180 m 3.8 km NNE
Where Karasawa Cirque sits
- Region
- Nagano Prefecture18Japan153Asia964
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-11-30)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)