Olympic Valley

For alternative betydninger, se Squaw Valley. (Se også artikler, som begynder med Squaw Valley)
Skilt ved Squaw Valley

Olympic Valley (almindeligvis kendt som Squaw Valley) er en californisk by i Placer County nordvest Tahoe City nær Highway 89 ved Truckee Rivers flodbred. Byen er hjemsted for Squaw Valley Skiområde og var værtsby for Vinter-OL 1960. Det er det mindste sted i verden, der nogensinde har været vært for de olympiske lege.

Post til Squaw Valley skal adresseres "Olympic Valley, CA 96146"[1] for at undgå forveksling med Squaw Valley, Fresno County, Californien i Fresno County.

Kilder

  1. ^ "Contact Squaw Valley". Squaw Valley Ski Resort. Arkiveret fra originalen 13. juni 2011. Hentet 2011-04-05.

Eksterne henvisninger

Koordinater: 39°11′46″N 120°14′1″V / 39.19611°N 120.23361°V / 39.19611; -120.23361

Medier brugt på denne side

Olympic flag.svg
Olympic Movement flag

Proportions 2:3, created 1913, adopted 1914, first used 1920.

Olympic rings.svg
Olympic Rings without "rims" (gaps between the rings), As used, eg. in the logos of the 2008 and 2016 Olympics. The colour scheme applied here pertains to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Olympic Rings without "rims" (gaps between the rings), As used, eg. in the logos of the 2008 and 2016 Olympics. The colour scheme applied here pertains to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Squaw Valley entrance sign right.jpg
Forfatter/Opretter: DimiTalen, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Entrance sign at Squaw Valley, California. The Olympic Flame is pictured in front of the sign, towards the bottom and in the center. The sign displays the national emblems or coats of arms of 20 of the 30 countries which participated in the 1960 winter Olympics:
Bulgaria, Lebanon, Japan, Greece
Hungary, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Austria
Switzerland, Netherlands, Argentina, Norway
Canada, China (Taiwan), Australia, UK
South Korea, Poland, Turkey, Iceland