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Taiwan is a mountainous island. The highest mountain is Jade Mountain, seen here from the north peak.The main peak reaches the height of 3,952 metres (12,966 ft), that is, nearly 4 km (2.5 mi) high.
In the resulting list of one hundred peaks, 69 peaks were in the Central Mountain Range, the largest of Taiwan's five principal mountain ranges, while 19 were in the Xueshan Range, and 12 were in the Yushan Range. [4] The Alishan Range and Coastal Mountain Range, being below 3,000m, have no peaks in the list of Baiyue.
Yu Shan or Yushan, also known as Mount Jade, Jade Mountain, Tongku Saveq or Mount Niitaka during Japanese rule, is the highest mountain in Taiwan at 3,952 m (12,966 ft) [1] [2] above sea level, giving Taiwan the 4th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world.
Qixing Mountain, also spelled Cising Mountain or Chihsing Mountain, (Chinese: 七星山; Hanyu Pinyin: Qīxīng Shān; Tongyong Pinyin: Cising Shan; Wade–Giles: Ch'i 1-Hsing 1 Shan 1; lit. 'Seven Star Mountain') is a mountain in Beitou District , Taipei , Taiwan .
Daiton National Park , Taiwan's first national park, was established on 27 December 1937. [3] It was one of three national parks designated by Governor-General of Taiwan Seizō Kobayashi during Japanese rule. In 1950, President Chiang Kai-shek renamed Grass Mountain to Yangmingshan to commemorate the Ming Dynasty scholar Wang Yangming.
Yushan National Park (Chinese: 玉山國家公園; pinyin: Yù Shān Gúojiā Gōngyuán) is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the summit Yushan, the highest peak of the park. [1] The park covers a total area of 103,121 hectares that includes large sections of the Central Mountain Range. [2]
Alishan Range area in Taiwan. The Alishan Range (Chinese: 阿里山山脈; pinyin: Ālǐ Shān Shānmài) is a mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan.It is separated by the Qishan River from the Yushan Range, the tallest range in Taiwan, to the east of the Alishan Range.
Xueshan or Sekuwan (in Atayal, formerly known as Mount Sylvia among others) is a mountain in the Heping District of Taichung, Taiwan. It is the 2nd-highest mountain in Taiwan and in East Asia, at 3,886 m (12,749 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Shei-Pa National Park and is visible in good weather from hills near Taiwan's capital Taipei.