Mount Apoi

Mount Apoi
アポイ岳
Mount Apoi
Location of Mount Apoi in Japan.
Elevation 810.2 m (2,658 ft) [1]
Prominence 130 m (427 ft) [1]
Parent peak Pinneshiri (Hidaka)
Listing List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Location
Location Hokkaidō, Japan
Range Hidaka Mountains
Coordinates [1]
Topo map Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (国土地理院 Kokudochiriin?) 25000:1 アポイ岳, 50000:1 えりも
Geology
Type Fold
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

Mount Apoi (アポイ岳 Apoi-dake?) is located in the Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is near the town of Samani. It is well known for hosting a large number of plants that are found only on Hokkaidō, such as Callianthemum miyabeanum (ヒダカソウ Hidaka-sō?). The mountain is made from ultramafic rock of unknown age.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Geospatial Information Authority map 25000:1 アポイ岳, last access 9 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Hokkaido". Seamless digital geological map of Japan 1: 200,000.. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. Dec 15, 2009. http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/db084/kihon/hokkaido_e.xml. Retrieved 10 May 2010.