Mount Asahi | |
Other Name: | 旭山 |
Elevation M: | 295.2 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Map: | Japan |
Label Position: | left |
Listing: | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
Language: | Japanese |
Location: | Hokkaidō, Japan |
Range: | Ishikari Mountains |
Coordinates: | 43.7644°N 142.4886°W |
Topo: | Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 永山 25000:1 当麻 50000:1 旭川 |
is a mountain in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is part of the Ishikari Mountains.
Mount Asahi hosts Mount Asahi Park and Asahiyama Zoo.
Mount Asahi is formed from non-alkaline mafic rock from the middle to late Miocene. Non-alkaline rock from pyroclastic flows in the late Miocene to early Pliocene are also present. The flanks of the mountain include accretionary complex of Permian basalt block and a melange mix of late Jurassic to early Cretaceous.[2]