Mount Ahoro

Mount Ahoro
阿幌岳
Mount Ahoro Hokkaidō, Japan
Elevation	977 m (3,205 ft)
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Location
Range	Akan Volcanic Complex
Coordinates	43°31′02″N 144°04′15″E / 43.51722°N 144.07083°E / 43.51722; 144.07083Coordinates: 43°31′02″N 144°04′15″E / 43.51722°N 144.07083°E / 43.51722; 144.07083
Topo map	Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 木禽岳 50000:1 斜里
Geology
Type	volcanic
Age of rock	Late Miocene-Pliocene
Volcanic arc/belt	Kurile arc

Mount Ahoro (阿幌岳, Ahoro-dake^?) 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 7 million to 1.7 million years old.^[2]

References

1. ^ "網走川" (in Japanese). Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau. http://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/zigyoka/z_kasen/kawa/pro_abasiri.html. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
2. ^ "Hokkaido". Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2007. http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/db084/kihon/hokkaido_e.xml. Retrieved 2011-07-10.  N₃(102) per legend; located just northwest of Mt. Oakan (1370m). Map shows 978m elevation.