Mount Ahoro Explained

Mount Ahoro
Other Name:阿幌岳
Elevation M:977
Range:Akan Volcanic Complex
Listing:Mountains and hills of Japan
Location:Hokkaidō, Japan
Map:Japan
Label Position:left
Coordinates:43.5172°N 144.0708°W
Topo:Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 木禽岳
50000:1 斜里
Type:volcanic
Age:Late Miocene-Pliocene
Volcanic Arc/Belt:Kurile arc

is a mountain in Tsubetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the source of the Abashiri River.[1] The mountain is made up of non-alkaline mafic volcanic rock that is 1.7 million to 7 million years old.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/zigyoka/z_kasen/kawa/pro_abasiri.html. ja:網走川. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau. Japanese. 2009-05-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071230110330/http://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/zigyoka/z_kasen/kawa/pro_abasiri.html. 2007-12-30.
  2. Web site: Hokkaido. 2007. Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST . 2011-07-10. N3(102) per legend; located just northwest of Mt. Oakan (1370m). Map shows 978m elevation.