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Mar 25 2025
Malong Feng
Malong Feng | Malong Peak | Mount Malong | 马龙峰 🏔️ Overview Malong Feng is the highest summit of Cang Mountain, the dramatic north–south mountain range rising immediately west of Dali and Erhai Lake in Yunnan Province, China. Reaching 4,122 meters (13,524 feet) above sea level, the mountain towers more than two vertical kilometers above …
Mar 24 2025
Myinmoletkat Taung
Myinmoletkat Taung Myinmoletkat Taung is a remote, forest-covered mountain in southern Myanmar and the highest point of the core Tenasserim Hills. Rising to 2,072 meters (6,798 feet), the mountain is especially notable for its extraordinary 1,857 meters (6,093 feet) of topographic prominence. That prominence qualifies Myinmoletkat Taung as an ultra-prominent peak, meaning it rises at …
Mar 23 2025
Hunhua Shan
Hunhua Shan | Lincang Daxueshan | 临沧大雪山 🏔️ Overview Hunhua Shan is a major mountain of southwestern Yunnan Province, China, rising in the rugged uplands near the city of Lincang. The peak reaches 3,420 meters (11,220 feet) and has 1,718 meters (5,636 feet) of topographic prominence, making it an ultra-prominent peak—a mountain with at least …
Mar 23 2025
Fan Si Pan
Fan Si Pan | Fansipan | Phan Xi Pang 🏔️ Overview Fan Si Pan, also widely written as Fansipan and Phan Xi Păng, is the highest mountain in Vietnam and the highest summit on the Indochinese Peninsula. Rising to 3,147.3 meters (10,326 feet) above sea level, it dominates the Hoàng Liên Sơn mountains of northwestern …
Mar 23 2025
Tà Chì Nhù
Tà Chì Nhù 🏔️ Overview Tà Chì Nhù is one of the great trekking mountains of northern Vietnam, rising above the rugged highlands of the Hoàng Liên Sơn mountain system. The peak is widely known for steep grassy ridges, dramatic cloud inversions, sweeping views across northwestern Vietnam, and carpets of small purple flowers that appear …
Mar 23 2025
Phou Bia
Phou Bia 🏔️ Overview Phou Bia is the highest mountain in Laos and the loftiest summit of the Annamite Range. Rising in the rugged highlands of Xaisomboun Province, the mountain reaches approximately 2,830 meters (9,285 feet) above sea level. Its importance extends well beyond elevation. Phou Bia has 2,079 meters (6,821 feet) of topographic prominence, …
Mar 22 2025
Phu Xai Lai Leng
Phu Xai Lai Leng 🏔️ Overview Phu Xai Lai Leng is one of the most important high mountains of mainland Southeast Asia, rising directly along the international border between Vietnam and Laos. The summit reaches 2,720 meters (8,924 feet) and belongs to the Annamite Range, known in Vietnam as the Trường Sơn Range. Although it …
Mar 22 2025
Ngoc Linh
Ngoc Linh 🏔️ Overview Ngọc Linh, also commonly written Ngoc Linh, is one of Vietnam’s most geographically prominent and ecologically important mountains. Rising from the forested highlands of central Vietnam, it belongs to the Annamite Range, known in Vietnam as the Trường Sơn Range. Ngọc Linh reaches an elevation of 2,598 meters (8,524 feet). Its …
Mar 22 2025
Chuo Yang Sin
Chuo Yang Sin 🏔️ Overview Chuo Yang Sin, more commonly written Chư Yang Sin in Vietnamese, is a major mountain of Vietnam’s Central Highlands and the highest summit in Đắk Lắk Province. Rising from the forests of Chư Yang Sin National Park, the mountain forms one of the most imposing high points of the southern …
Mar 21 2025
Discover Oklahoma’s Majestic Mountains
Oklahoma may be best known for broad prairies, red-dirt country, and sweeping Great Plains horizons, but the state also contains a surprisingly diverse collection of mountains, forested ridges, rocky summits, mesas, and ancient uplands. From the granite peaks of the Wichita Mountains to the wooded ridges of the Ouachitas, Oklahoma’s mountain landscapes reveal several dramatically …
