Teshio Range

Teshio Range, mountain range, northwestern Hokkaido, northern Japan. It extends southward for nearly 125 miles (200 km) from Cape Sōya on La Perouse Strait, across the transverse gorge of the Ishikari River, to the Yūbari Mountains. The Kitami Mountains lie to the east across the valley of the Teshio River. The mountains consist of Cretaceous formations (i.e., those about 65 to 145 million years old) in the east and coal-bearing formations of Neogene and Paleogene...