Kitami Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain range in Japan}} {{Infobox mountain range  | name = Kitami Mountains | native_name ={{native name list |tag1=ja|name1=北見山地 |tag2=ja-Latn|name2=Kitami-sanchi}} | other_name =  | etymology =  | image = | image_caption =  | country = Japan | state = Hokkaidō | region = | district =  | borders_on =  | highest = Mount Teshio | highest_location = Hokkaidō, Japan | elevation_m = 1558 | coordinates = {{coord|43|57|52|N|142|53|17|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | length_km = 180 | length_orientation = Southeast-Northwest | width_km = | width_orientation = | area_km2 =  | geology = | orogeny = | age = | biome =  | map = | map_caption = }} thumb | right | alt=A view of Mount Teshio, a relatively small mountain, covered in grass in this picture | Mount Teshio, the highest peak in the Kitami Mountains {{nihongo|'''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.<ref name="GLGArcs" />

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.<ref name="GLGArcs">{{cite web|url=http://www.glgarcs.net/intro/hkd.html|title=Hokkaido|last=Nishiwaki|first=Hirotoshi|year=2009|work=Introduction to Landforms and Geology of Japan|publisher=self-published|accessdate=2009-03-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104212217/http://www.glgarcs.net/intro/hkd.html|archivedate=2010-11-04}}</ref> The highest point in the Kitami Mountains is Mount Teshio. Mount Teshio sits atop the Wenshiri horst.<ref name="Britannica">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/319610/Kitami-sammyaku|title=Kitami-Sanmyaku|year=2009|work=Encyclopædia Britannica|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |accessdate=2009-04-07}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="GLGArcs" />

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

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

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Category:Mountain ranges of Hokkaido