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.
Xueshan Range | |
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Snow Mountain Range | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,886 m (12,749 ft) |
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Native name | 雪山山脈 (Chinese) |
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Location | Taiwan |
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Mountain type | Mountain range |
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Traditional Chinese | 雪山山脈 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 雪山山脉 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Snowy Mountain Range | ||||||||
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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]
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:
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* The place names listed above are mainly romanized as Wade–Giles that used in most of academic articles. |
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