Mount Karifuri

Mount Karifuri
狩振岳
Highest point
Elevation 1,323.2 m (4,341 ft)
Prominence 210 m (690 ft)
Parent peak an unnamed peak
Listing List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates 43°1′31″N 142°42′33″E / 43.02528°N 142.70917°E / 43.02528; 142.70917Coordinates: 43°1′31″N 142°42′33″E / 43.02528°N 142.70917°E / 43.02528; 142.70917
Geography
Location Hokkaidō, Japan
Parent range Hidaka Mountains
Topo map Geographical Survey Institute, 25000:1 上トマム, 50000:1 夕張岳
Geology
Age of rock Middle Eocene-Early Miocene
Mountain type Fold (geology)

Mount Karifuri (狩振岳, Karifuri-dake) is a mountain in the Hidaka Mountains of Hokkaidō, Japan. The mountain sits on the border between Minamifurano and Shimukappu. It is 1,323.2 metres (4,341.2 ft) high.[1] It is the source of the Mu River (Hokkaidō).[2]

Mount Karifuri is split between two different rock types. The western side consists of plutonic rock formed 40–32 million years ago. The eastern side is made of metamorphic rock formed under low-to-mid pressure 50–20 million years ago.[3]

References

  1. 地図閲覧サービス 2万5千分1地形図名: 上トマム(夕張岳). 地図閲覧サービス 2万5千分1 (in Japanese). Geographical Survey Institute of Japan. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  2. "鵡川". Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  3. "Hokkaido". Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-05.


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