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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.
The Baiyue (Chinese: 臺灣百岳; pinyin: Táiwān bǎiyuè) is a list of one hundred mountain peaks in Taiwan.They were chosen by a group of prominent Taiwanese hikers from mountain peaks known at the time to be over 3,000 meters in height.
Atmospheric scientists in Taiwan estimate that more than half of the pollutants causing Taiwan's acid rain are carried from China by monsoon winds. [52] Taiwan historically had a serious problem with the illegal dumping of household and industrial waste which became so severe that Taiwan was known as "garbage island".
The local box lunches (奮起湖便當, Fenqihu bento) are known across Taiwan and are sold from stalls at the train station and from Fenqihu Hotel on the Fenqihu Old Street. [17] For many years, Fenqihu was the terminal end of the Alishan Forest Railway line from Chiayi to Alishan, [ 18 ] since the railway was heavily damaged by Typhoon ...
Shoushan (Chinese: 壽山, also commonly known in English as Monkey Mountain or Apes' Hill, in Japanese as Kotobuki-yama) is a mountain in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, north of the main entrance to Kaohsiung Harbor. It was named Ape Hill by the Dutch in the 17th century to describe many Formosan rock macaques on this mountain.
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.
The Baisha Bay (traditional Chinese: 白沙灣海水浴場; simplified Chinese: 白沙湾海水浴场; pinyin: Báishā Wān Hǎishuǐ Yùchǎng) is a beach along the North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area in Shimen District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
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.