is a mountain located in the Kabato Mountains on the border of Tōbetsu and Shintotsukawa,

Hokkaidō is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Mount Machine derives its name from the

Ainu language Ainu (, ), or more precisely Hokkaido Ainu, is a language spoken by a few elderly members of the Ainu people on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is a member of the Ainu language family, itself considered a language family isolate ...

''matne-sir'', meaning "female land". The name of neighboring Pinneshiri means '"male land". Pinneshiri,

Mount Kamuishiri is a mountain located in the Kabato Mountains of Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan. Pinneshiri, Mount Kamuishiri, and Mount Machine is a mountain located in the Kabato Mountains on the border of Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Tōbetsu and Shintotsukawa, Hok ...

, and Mount Machine are together known as .

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Machine A machine is a physical system using Power (physics), power to apply Force, forces and control Motion, movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to na ...

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