Kitami Mountains

  • 北見山地 (Japanese)
  • Kitami-sanchi (Japanese)
GeographyCountryJapanStateHokkaidō

Kitami Mountains (北見山地, Kitami-sanchi) is a mountain range of Hokkaidō, Japan. Unlike much of the rest of Japan, the Kitami Mountains are not very seismically active.[1]

The Kitami Mountains are north of the Ishikari Mountains and east of the Teshio Mountains. A depression separates the Kitami Mountains from the Yūbari Mountains.[1] The highest point in the Kitami Mountains is Mount Teshio. Mount Teshio sits atop the Wenshiri horst.[2]

Geology

Rocks from the Kitami mountains are mostly sedimentary from the Cretaceous-Paleogene periods. Volcanic rock was placed down on top of this from volcanoes that erupted in the Miocene or later.[1]

The Kitami Mountains formed in the inner arc of the Kurile Arc.

Mountains

  • Mount Teshio (天塩岳) (1,558m)
  • Mount Chitokaniushi (チトカニウシ山) (1,446m)
  • Mount Shōkotsu (渚滑岳) (1,345m)
  • Mount Uenshiri (ウエンシリ岳) (1,142m)
  • Mount Hako (函岳) (1,129m)
  • Mount Piyashiri (ピヤシリ山) (987m)
  • Mount Utsu (鬱岳) (818m)

References

  1. ^ a b c Nishiwaki, Hirotoshi (2009). "Hokkaido". Introduction to Landforms and Geology of Japan. self-published. Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  2. ^ "Kitami-Sanmyaku". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
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