Phu Thap Boek
{{Short description|Mountain in Thailand}}
{{Rewrite|article mixes up two nearby mountains|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Phu Thap Boek
| other_name =ภูทับเบิก
| photo = Phu Thap Buek71.JPG
| photo_caption = Phu Thap Boek, east side from Route 203
| elevation_m = 1794
| elevation_ref = {{Cite web |title=World Ribus – Southeast Asia|url=https://worldribus.org/southeast-asia/ |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=World Ribus}}
| prominence_m = 1285
| map = Thailand
| map_caption = Thailand
| map_size = 200
| label_position = right
| listing = Ribu
List of mountains in Thailand
| location = Phetchabun and Loei provinces, Thailand
| range = Phetchabun Mountains
| coordinates = {{coord|16|54|23|N|101|5|14|E|type:mountain_region:TH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates =
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| type = Sandstone
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Phu Thap Boek ({{langx|th|ภูทับเบิก}}) is a 1,794 m high mountain in Phetchabun Province, Thailand near the border with Loei Province. It is in the Lom Kao District.{{cite web|title=Ban Thap Boek|url=https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Ban-Thap-Boek--4879|website=Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)|accessdate=23 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724154051/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Ban-Thap-Boek--4879|archive-date=24 July 2018|url-status=dead}} {{Cite web |url=https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Ban-Thap-Boek--4879 |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724154051/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Ban-Thap-Boek--4879 |url-status=dead }}
Description
Rising in the western range of the massif this mountain is the highest point of the Phetchabun Mountains. The peak rises 12 km west of Highway 203, between the towns of Loei and Phetchabun.
Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park surrounds the mountain.[http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style1/default.asp?npid=86&lg=2 Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418053124/http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style1/default.asp?npid=86&lg=2 |date=2016-04-18 }}{{DL|date=July 2019}} The park overlaps the borders of two provinces, Phitsanulok and Phetchabun.[https://picasaweb.google.com/103446119982784970504/PhuThapBoekPhuhinrongklaNationalPark#5434770616562127618 Phu Thap Boek & Phuhinrongkla National Park]{{DL|date=July 2019}} Most of the mountain is covered in mixed evergreen forest. There are farms on its slopes where the climate favors cabbage cultivation. The area around the mountain is part of the Luang Prabang montane rain forest ecoregion.
The villagers of Phu Thap Boek are predominantly Hmong hill tribespeople who immigrated from northern Thailand. They established the Phetchabun Hilltribe Development and Relief Center in 1982.{{cite web|website=Paiduaykan|title=Phu Thap Boek Phetchabun|accessdate=5 July 2019|url=http://www.paiduaykan.com/76_province/north/phetchabun/phutubberk.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929185508/http://paiduaykan.com/76_province/north/phetchabun/phutubberk.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 September 2008}} {{Cite web |url=http://paiduaykan.com/76_province/north/phetchabun/phutubberk.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=29 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929185508/http://paiduaykan.com/76_province/north/phetchabun/phutubberk.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} The mountain has since been overrun by allegedly illegal resorts and restaurants.{{cite news|last1=Na Thalang |first1=Jeerawat|title=Reclaiming some lost ground |url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/special-reports/750024/reclaiming-some-lost-ground|accessdate=2 November 2015|work=Bangkok Post|date=2015-11-01}}
Geography
The summit of Phu Thap Boek is at 1,768 meters elevation. Geological uplifts changed the area of Phetchabun Province from a flat plate to sandstone mountains. The east and south are Lom Sak District and Khao Kho District. The north and west are adjacent to Loei Province.{{cite web|title=Khaokao.com|accessdate=October 18, 2017|url=http://www.khaokho.com/destinations/phutabberg.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006190013/http://www.khaokho.com/destinations/phutabberg.html|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=dead}} {{Cite web |url=http://www.khaokho.com/destinations/phutabberg.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 12, 2017 |archive-date=October 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006190013/http://www.khaokho.com/destinations/phutabberg.html |url-status=dead }}
Climate
December and January are the coldest months, April the hottest. Summer temperatures average about 20 degrees Celsius. May through September are the wettest months, peaking in September.{{cite web |title=Phetchabun: 30 Year Ave Temperature and Precipitation |url=https://www.tmd.go.th/province_weather_stat.php?StationNumber=48379 |website=Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) |accessdate=4 July 2019 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124115142/https://www.tmd.go.th/province_weather_stat.php?StationNumber=48379 |url-status=dead }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{WWF ecoregion|id=im0121|name=Luang Prabang montane rain forests}}
- [http://www.paraglidingearth.com/pgearth/?site=11846 Phu Thap Boek paragliding] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130630024836/http://www.paraglidingearth.com/pgearth/?site=11846 |date=2013-06-30 }}
- [http://www.oceansmile.com/N/Phetchabun/Tabberk.htm Phu Thap Boek photos]
Category:Geography of Phetchabun province