Meili Xue Shan
| Meili Xue Shan | |
| Range | |
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| Country | China |
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| State | Yunnan |
| Range | Hengduan Mountains |
| City | Deqen is the closest settlement of considerable size |
| Rivers | Salween, Mekong |
| Highest point | Kawagebo |
| - elevation | 6,740 m (22,113 ft) |
| - coordinates | 28°26′14″N 98°41′04″E / 28.43722°N 98.68444°E |
| Lowest point | Salween River |
| - elevation | 1,500 m (4,921 ft) |
| Length | 200 km (124 mi), North-south |
| Width | 30 km (19 mi), East-west |
| Area | 6,000 km2 (2,317 sq mi) |
Meili Xue Shan (Chinese translation: "Mainri snowy range") or Mainri Snow Mountains (Tibetan: སྨན་རི།) are a mountain range in the Chinese province of Yunnan. They lie close to the northwestern boundary of the province and are bounded by the Salween River on the west and the Mekong on the east.[1] The crest of the range rises to over 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) above sea level, making for impressive prominence over the river valleys to the east and west, which are between 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) and 1,900 metres (6,200 ft) in elevation. The highest peak is Kawagebo, which rises to 6,740 metres (22,110 ft). Kawagebo is considered sacred for Tibetan Buddhists. Other significant peaks include Mianzimu, Peak 6509 and Jiariren-an. Because of restrictions and dangerous conditions, none of the major peaks in the range have ever been summited.
[edit] References
- ^ "Meili Xue Shan". SummitPost. 2004-08-01. http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/153152/meili-xue-shan.html. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
