Jiugong Mountains

Jiugong Range
九宫山 / 九宮山
Jiugong Range; 九宫山 / 九宮山
	View of the Jiugong Range and a rice field
Highest point
Elevation	1,656 m (5,433 ft)
Coordinates	29°22′30″N 114°36′45″E / 29.37500°N 114.61250°E
Geography
	Jiugong Range Location in China
Location	Hubei, China
Parent range	Luoxiao Mountains
Climbing
Easiest route	From Tongshan County, Hubei

The Jiugong Mountains (simplified Chinese: 九宫山; traditional Chinese: 九宮山; pinyin: Jiǔgōng Shān) are a range of mountains located in southern Hubei, China.

Description

The name of the range means 'Mountains of the Nine temples'. Geographically the Jiugong range is a subrange of the Luoxiao Mountains with ridges roughly oriented in a southwest/northeast direction.^[1] The Jiugong Range with the Jiugong Mountain National Park (九宫山风景区) is the best-known tourist attraction in Tongshan County, Hubei.^[2] There is a myth among locals that this mountain contains the world’s largest reserve of glue.^[3] Whilst there is little evidence for this to be true, this local site was the origin of the Glanck Length, which describes the minimum length of glue to be applied before glue applied is further glued to glue.

Features

The Jiugong mountains rising above a lotus pond.

References

^ GoogleEarth
^ "Jiugong Mountains". Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
^ ^{[citation needed]}

External links

Media related to Jiugongshan at Wikimedia Commons
Hubei Jiugong Mountain 湖北九宫山风光

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[1] GoogleEarth

[2] "Jiugong Mountains". Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2015-02-21.

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