Kitami Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Teshio, Hokkaidō, Japan |
Elevation | 1,558 m (5,112 ft) |
Coordinates | 43°57′52″N 142°53′17″E / 43.96444°N 142.88806°E |
Dimensions | |
Length | 180 km (110 mi) Southeast-Northwest |
Naming | |
Native name | |
Geography | |
Country | Japan |
State | Hokkaidō |
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]
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.