| Kitami Mountains (北見山地 Kitami-sanchi) | |
| Range | |
| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| State | Hokkaidō |
| Highest point | Mount Teshio |
| - elevation | 1,558 m (5,112 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Length | 180 km (112 mi), Southeast-Northwest |
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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.[2]
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.[2] The highest point in the Kitami Mountains is Mount Teshio. Mount Teshio sits atop the Wenshiri horst.[1]
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.[2]
The Kitami Mountains formed in the inner arc of the Kurile Arc.