TOTTORI – Mount Apoi on Hokkaido has been added to a list of global geoparks, the UNESCO-assisted Global Geoparks Network said.
The 810-meter (2,658-foot) mountain in the southern corner of Hokkaido became Japan’s eighth geopark, a natural area with geological or geomorphological features of scientific importance.
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