Yushan Range
{{Short description|Mountain range of Taiwan}}
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File:Yushan satellite photo.jpg
The Yushan Range, formerly the {{nowrap|Niitaka Range}}{{sfnp|Braithwaite|1907|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gI3ye0goRXoC&pg=PA106 106]}} and also known as the Jade{{nbsp}}Mountain Range, is a mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan Island. It spans Chiayi County, Kaohsiung City, and Nantou County. It faces the Central Mountain Range on the east, and is separated by the Qishan River from the Alishan Range which is on the west of the Yushan Range. The Yushan Range is one of the five major ranges on Taiwan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.taiwan.gov.tw/|title=Taiwan.gov.tw|first=Ministry of Foreign|last=Affairs|date=July 26, 2021|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}
The Yushan Range is shaped somewhat like a crucifix,{{dubious|date=March 2019}} with a relatively short east to west ridge and a relatively long north to south ridge. Mighty Yushan, towering {{convert|3952|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} above sea level, stands at the point where these two ridges meet. Yushan National Park is located around some parts of the Yushan Range.
List of peaks
There are 22 peaks taller than {{convert|3000|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} among the Yushan Range, including 12 of the "top 100 peaks of Taiwan" (台灣百岳):
- Yushan Main Peak (玉山主峰), {{convert|3952|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Yushan Eastern Peak (玉山東峰), {{convert|3869|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Yushan Northern Peak (玉山北峰), {{convert|3858|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Yushan Southern Peak (玉山南峰), {{convert|3844|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Dongxiaonanshan (東小南山), {{convert|3744|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Yushan Western Peak (玉山西峰), {{convert|3467|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Nanyushan (南玉山), {{convert|3383|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Badongguanshan (八通關山), {{convert|3245|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Jundashan (郡大山), {{convert|3265|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Yushan Forward Peak (玉山前峰), {{convert|3239|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Xiluandashan (西巒大山), {{convert|3081|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Lushan (鹿山), {{convert|2981|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
See also
{{commons category|Yushan Range}}
References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{citation |last=Takekoshi |first=Yosaburo |editor-last=Braithwaite |editor-first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gI3ye0goRXoC |title=Japanese Rule in Formosa |publisher=Longmans, Green, & Co. |location=London |date=1907 |ref={{harvid|Braithwaite|1907}} }}
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{{Topography of Taiwan}}
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Category:Mountain ranges of Taiwan
Category:Landforms of Chiayi County
Category:Landforms of Kaohsiung
Category:Landforms of Nantou County
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