Mount Karifuri Explained

Mount Karifuri
Other Name:狩振岳
Elevation M:1323.2
Prominence M:210
Parent Peak:an unnamed peak
Listing:List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Location:Hokkaidō, Japan
Range:Hidaka Mountains
Coordinates:43.0253°N 142.7092°W
Topo:Geographical Survey Institute, 25000:1 上トマム, 50000:1 夕張岳
Type:Fold (geology)
Age:Middle Eocene-Early Miocene

is a mountain in the Hidaka Mountains of Hokkaidō, Japan. The mountain sits on the border between Minamifurano and Shimukappu. It is 1323.2m (4,341.2feet) 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://watchizu.gsi.go.jp/watchizu.aspx?b=430130&l=1424233. ja: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. Geographical Survey Institute of Japan. Japanese. 2009-05-05.
  2. Web site: 鵡川. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau. 2009-05-04. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150712103633/http://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/zigyoka/z_kasen/kawa/pro_mukawa.html. 2015-07-12.
  3. Web site: Hokkaido. 2007. Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST . 2009-05-05.