Mountain · Okinawa Prefecture

Mount Yae

453 m1,488 ft

Prominence: 422 m1,385 ft
Isolation: 28 km
Tonight: 23°CRain · Wind 52 km/h S

Mount Yae is a 453 m (1,488 ft) mountain in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 453 m · 1,488 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Yonaha (503 m)
Region: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates: 26.6354° N, 127.9285° E

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3D map

Mount Yae 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Yae terrain and contours

20 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Yae elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Yae weather

Today · Heavy rain · 23 / 26°C (73 / 79°F) · 18.8 mm · Wind 52 km/h S

Mount Yae forecast for the summit, about 453 m.

Today23°26°18.8 mm52 km/h S
Sun23°26°3.5 mm40 km/h S
Mon22°25°1.8 mm28 km/h W
Tue22°23°1.3 mm27 km/h N
Wed20°22°0.2 mm27 km/h NE
Thu21°24°1.6 mm12 km/h E
Fri21°23°4.2 mm8 km/h SE
Sat20°23°6.6 mm12 km/h NE
Sun22°24°5.1 mm15 km/h SW
Mon21°24°1.3 mm31 km/h NE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Yae

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Yae, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.3 km WNW
+2 more within 1.2 km
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Nearest campsite
勝山 BASE CAMP
2.3 km SSE · +2 more within 4.3 km
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Nearest trailhead
本部富士岳登山道入口
5.1 km NNW
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Nearest caravan site
ウッドペッカー今帰仁
7.4 km N
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All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Parking	0.3 km WNW
Parking	0.6 km NNW
Parking	1.2 km ESE
勝山 BASE CAMPCampsite	2.3 km SSE
BasecampCampsite	2.3 km SSE
KARST CAMP SITECampsite	4.3 km NNW
本部富士岳登山道入口Trailhead	5.1 km NNW
ウッドペッカー今帰仁Caravan site	7.4 km N

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

44.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

46.6%

Steep, 30–45°

8.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 8.5% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 452 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 92.4%Built-up 3.9%Bare rock / sparse 2.2%Grassland 1.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Mount Yae summit.

Summit list 4

1Mt. Awadake432 m 0.7 km S
2Mount Katsuu452 m 0.8 km SE
3Mt. Furushidake391 m 1.0 km SE
4三角山290 m 1.1 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 347 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Mapwing10
Great Mormon8
Brown spotted pitviper7
Chinese windmill7
Dark Pitar Venus7
African Giant Snail7

Where it sits

Where Mount Yae sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Mount YonahaPeak · 503 m30 km ENE

Downloads

Mount Yae downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Yae satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-23.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 452 m at the summit; the official height is 453 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	453 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	452 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	440 m	-14 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-23)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: 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)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Yae

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest trailhead

Nearest caravan site

Data sources