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Xueshan Range

Coordinates: 24°23′10″N 121°13′49″E / 24.38611°N 121.23028°E / 24.38611; 121.23028
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Xueshan Range
Snow Mountain Range
Highest point
Elevation3,886 m (12,749 ft)
Naming
Native name雪山山脈 (Chinese)
Geography
LocationTaiwan
Geology
Mountain typeMountain range
Xueshan Range
Traditional Chinese雪山山脈
Simplified Chinese雪山山脉
Literal meaningSnowy Mountain Range
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXuěshān Shānmài
Xuěshān Shānmò
Wade–GilesHsüeh-shan Shan-mai
Hsüeh-shan Shan-mo

The Xueshan Range is a mountain range in northern Taiwan. It faces the Chungyang Range on the southeast. The tallest peak of Xueshan Range is Mount Xue/Sekuwan, which has a height of 3,886 m (12,749 ft). Shei-Pa National Park is located around the peaks of Xueshan and Dabajianshan.

Names

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The current name derives from the pinyin romanization of the Chinese name of the range's highest peak, Xueshan. The same name is sometimes written Hsüeh-shan or calqued as the Snow or Snowy Mountain Range. Under the Qing, the range was also known variously as the Middle, Western, Dodds,[1] or Mt Sylvia Range.[2]

List of peaks

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There are 54 peaks taller than 3,000 m (9,843 ft) among the Xueshan Range, 19 of which are numbered among the 100 Peaks of Taiwan:

  • Xueshan Main Peak (雪山主峰), 3,886 m (12,749 ft)
  • Xueshan Eastern Peak (雪山東峰), 3,201 m (10,502 ft)
  • Xueshan Northern Peak (雪山北峰), 3,703 m (12,149 ft)
  • Daxueshan (大雪山), 3,530 m (11,581 ft)
  • Zhongxueshan (中雪山), 3,173 m (10,410 ft)
  • Huoshishan (火石山), 3,310 m (10,860 ft)
  • Touyingshan (頭鷹山), 3,510 m (11,516 ft)
  • Zhijiayangdashan (志佳陽大山), 3,289 m (10,791 ft)
  • Dabajianshan (大霸尖山), 3,490 m (11,450 ft)
  • Xiaobajianshan (小霸尖山), 3,445 m (11,302 ft)
  • Baigudashan (白姑大山), 3,342 m (10,965 ft)
  • Yizeshan (伊澤山), 3,497 m (11,473 ft)
  • Dajianshan (大劍山), 3,594 m (11,791 ft)
  • Jianshan (劍山]), 3,253 m (10,673 ft)
  • Jiayangshan (佳陽山), 3,314 m (10,873 ft)
  • Pintianshan (品田山), 3,524 m (11,562 ft)
  • Chiyoushan (池有山), 3,303 m (10,837 ft)
  • Taoshan (桃山), 3,325 m (10,909 ft)
  • Kalayeshan (喀拉業山), 3,133 m (10,279 ft)

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ EB (1879), p. 416.
  2. ^ Braithwaite (1907), p. 106.

Bibliography

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  • "Formosa" , Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IX, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879, pp. 415–17.
  • Takekoshi, Yosaburo (1907), Braithwaite, George (ed.), Japanese Rule in Formosa, London: Longmans, Green, & Co.


24°23′10″N 121°13′49″E / 24.38611°N 121.23028°E / 24.38611; 121.23028