Elevation 1,558 m (5,112 ft) State Hokkaidō | Country Japan Highest point Mount Teshio | |
Peak Mount Teshio (Hokkaidō) Length 180 km (110 mi) Southeast-Northwest Mountains Mount Teshio, Mount Piyashiri, Mount Hako, Mount Shōkotsu, Mount Chitokaniushi | ||
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.
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The Kitami Mountains are north of the Ishikari Mountains and east of the Teshio Mountains. A depression separates the Kitami Mountains from the Yubari Mountains. The highest point in the Kitami Mountains is Mount Teshio. Mount Teshio sits atop the Wenshiri horst.
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.
The Kitami Mountains formed in the inner arc of the Kurile Arc.
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