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Mount Apoi

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Mount Apoi
Mount Apoi. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Mount Apoi (アポイ; Apoi-dake) is located in the Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is near the town of Samani. It is well known for hosting a large number of plants that are found only on Hokkaidō, such as Callianthemum miyabeanum (ヒダカソウ; Hidaka-sō). The mountain is made from ultramafic rock of unknown age.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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