Shokanbetsudake Mountains

Shokanbetsudake Mountains
暑寒別岳連峰 Shokanbetsudake-Renpō
View from Obira (April 2009)
Highest point
Peak	Mount Shokanbetsu (Mashike and Shintotsukawa in Rumoi and Sorachi Subprefecture, Japan)
Elevation	1,491.6 m (4,894 ft)
Coordinates	43°42′57″N 141°31′23″E / 43.71583°N 141.52306°E / 43.71583; 141.52306Coordinates: 43°42′57″N 141°31′23″E / 43.71583°N 141.52306°E / 43.71583; 141.52306
Geography
Country	Japan
State	Hokkaidō
Regions	Ishikari, Rumoi and Sorachi
Parent range	Mashike Mountains
Biome	alpine climate
Geology
Orogeny	island arc
Type of rock	Volcanic

Shokanbetsudake Mountains (暑寒別岳連峰, Shokanbetsudake-Renpō) are a group of volcanic mountains on the western coast of Hokkaidō (暑寒別岳連峰). It is part of the Mashike Mountains, separated from the other part of the Mashike Mountains to the south, the Kabato Mountains by the Hamamasu River. To the north lie the Teshio Mountains. Shokanbetsudake mountains are part of Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park.

The peaks of the Shokanbetsudake Mountains include the following:

Mount Minami Shokan, Mount Kunbetsu and Mount Etai define a triangle that surrounds the Uryū Wetlands (雨竜沼湿原, Uryūnumashitsugen).

Unlike on Honshū, you can see alpine plants at altitudes as low as 1000 meters in the Mashike mountains.