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

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 Xueshan ("Snowy Mountain"), 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

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

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:

See also

References

Citations

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

Bibliography

  • "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.


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