Kitami Mountains ( 北見山地 , Kitami-sanchi ) is a mountain range of Hokkaidō , Japan . Unlike much of the rest of Japan, the Kitami Mountains are not very seismically active.
2-875: The Kitami Mountains are north of the Ishikari Mountains and east of the Teshio Mountains . A depression separates the Kitami Mountains from the Yūbari Mountains . The highest point in the Kitami Mountains is Mount Teshio . Mount Teshio sits atop the Wenshiri horst . Rocks from the Kitami mountains are mostly sedimentary from the Cretaceous - Paleogene periods. Volcanic rock was placed down on top of this from volcanoes that erupted in
4-604: The Miocene or later. The Kitami Mountains formed in the inner arc of the Kurile Arc . This Hokkaidō location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ishikari Mountains The Ishikari Mountains ( 石狩山地 , Ishikari Sanchi ) is a range of volcanic mountains in central Hokkaidō , Japan . The mountain range is made up from the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group and
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