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]