Mount Machine
Appearance
Mount Machine | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,002 m (3,287 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 70 m (230 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Pinneshiri (Kabato) |
Listing | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
Coordinates | 43°29′12″N 141°42′58″E / 43.48667°N 141.71611°E[1] |
Naming | |
Native name | 待根山 (Ainu) |
English translation | Female Mountain |
Geography | |
Location | Hokkaidō, Japan |
Parent range | Kabato Mountains |
Topo map(s) | Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 ピンネシリ 50000:1 留萌 |
Mount Machine (待根山, Machine-yama) is a mountain located in the Kabato Mountains on the border of Tōbetsu and Shintotsukawa, Hokkaidō, Japan. Mount Machine derives its name from the Ainu language matne-sir, meaning "female land". The name of neighboring Pinneshiri means '"male land". Pinneshiri, Mount Kamuishiri, and Mount Machine are together known as The Three Mountains of Kabato (樺戸三山, Kabato Sanzan).
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Geospatial Information Authority topographical map ピンネシリ(