is located in the Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan. It's one of the . The name is derived from Ainu languages which means "the mountain which bears/gods tumble down." Climbers generally abbreviate it as Kamueku.荒井魏 『日本三百名山』 毎日新聞社編、1997年
It's the second highest peak only to the Mount Poroshiri in the Hidaka mountains, and its altitude is above sea level.GNSS測量等の点検・補正調査による2014年4月1日の国土地理院『日本の山岳標高一覧-1003山-』における改定値。なお、旧版での標高は1,980m。 The mountain is situated in the Hidaka-sanmyaku Erimo Quasi-National Park, and Triangulation station has been set up in the peak by Masaki Terunobu (正木照信) in 1900.国土地理院 基準点成果等閲覧サービス A peak a little south east to the mountain is Pyramid peak (ピラミッド峰) which is above sea level shaped like a square pyramid, so that the Mount Kamuiekuuchikaushi can be the best viewing platform for the peak.
Etymology The name is derived from Ainu languages which means "the mountain which bears/gods tumble down." However Ainu people who worship bears as gods are not the one who gave it the name. Originally the mountain was called Satsunai mountain (札内岳). In 1929, and others from Hokkaido University built a hut at a "place" called Kamuiekuuchikau which located upstream of as a preparation for attacking the Mount Poroshiri. At that time a guide mistakenly told them the name of place as the mountain where they were, and thus the name has been stuck.日本山岳会『新日本山岳誌』ナカニシヤ出版、2005年
Geography As the name indicates, the mountain is steep, and has cirques just like other lofty peaks in the Hidaka Mountains; containing Hachi no sawa Cirque (八ノ沢カール) in Tokachi Subprefecture side and Koiboku Cirque (コイボクカール) in Hidaka Subprefecture side. There also lie Moraines in downstream of those cirques.田代博、藤本一美、清水長正、高田将志 『山の地図と地形』 山と渓谷社、1996年 Those cirques in the Hidaka Mountains are smaller than ones in Hida Mountains region. The reason could be because in Ice age, around 20,000 years ago, snowfall was less when Japanese archipelago was connected to the continent by land and thus warm sea current, Tsushima Current was blocked from getting into Sea of Japan.梅沢俊、瀬尾央 『新版・空撮登山ガイド1 北海道の山々』 山と渓谷社、1995年
See also Hidaka Mountains Mount Satsunai (1,896m) Mount Tokachiporoshiri (1,846m) Hidaka-sanmyaku Erimo Quasi-National Park
Shizunai River
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国土地理院 地図閲覧サービス 2万5千分1地形図名： 札内川上流（夕張岳4号-4） 日高山脈山岳センター（札内川園地内）