Oct 10 2021
Mount Haku (白山, Haku-san, Hakusan) Mount Haku, which means “White Mountain,” is a stratovolcano located within Hakusan National Park on the borders of Gifu, Fukui, and Ishikawa prefectures in Honshu, Japan. The mountain has three peaks, the tallest being Gozengamine, along with Kengamine and Ōnanjimine. The Historical Japanese village of Shirakawago sits at the foot …
Oct 09 2021
Mount Tate (Mount Tateyama, 立山, Tate-yama) Mount Fuji, Mount Tate, and Mount Haku are considered to be Japan’s “Three Holy Mountains.” Mount Tate is also known as “Tateyama.” Mount Tate sits in the Hida Mountains, which is a mountain range that stretches through Japan’s Nagano, Toyama, Gifu, and Niigata prefectures. Around 1972, a Japanese stamp …
Oct 08 2021
Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) Mount Fuji stands as a natural icon on Honshu Island and is well known for its almost perfectly symmetrical conical shape. Because of its unique beauty, the mountain has been the focus of much artwork over the years. The most famous art pieces inspired by Mt. Fuji are likely Katsushika Hokusai’s …
Jul 22 2021
Mù Cang Chải Mù Cang Chải is an area in Vietnam’s Hoang Lien Son mountain range where locals have built terraced rice fields into the mountains. It is located in Yên Bái Province, in northwest Vietnam. The area is incredibly lush green and has a river running through it. The highest peaks in the Hoang …
Jul 12 2021
Shishapangma (Shishma Pangma, Shishapangma, Gosainthan) Shishma Pangma lies entirely within Tibet in the Jugal/Langtang Himal range of the Himalayas, and local Tibetans have some different takes on the mountain’s title. Geologist Toni Hagen says that Shishma Pangma means “grassy plain” or “meadow” (pangma) above a “comb” or a “range” (shisha or chisa) in the local …
Jul 10 2021
Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa, གནམས་ལྕགས་འབར་བ།, Gnams lcags ‘bar ba, Namjagbarwa, 南迦巴瓦峰, Nánjiābāwǎ Fēng) Namcha Barwa is located in Nyingchi Prefecture in an isolated part of southeastern Tibet that has few outside visitors. Standing inside the Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, it is a lone peak just east of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon. Guests …
Jul 07 2021
All of the world’s ten highest peaks, based on height above sea level, lie in or near the Tibetan region of the Himalayas, with Everest as the tallest and most of the rest being child mountains of Everest. The highest peaks of the Himalayan region stretch from India to the southwest of Nepal, to China to …
Jun 23 2021
Chomo Lonzo (珠穆隆索峰, Zhūmùlóngsuǒ Fēng) Chomo-Lonzo means “bird goddess,” and when viewed from the east, the mountain resembles an eagle with spread wings. Chomo Lonzo lies in in Tibet, northeast of Makalu in the Mahalangur or Khumbu Himalayas. Other neighboring peaks include Lhotse and Mt Everest to the west, Baruntse and Hongku Chuli to the …
Mar 18 2021
Mount Kinabalu Mount Kinabalu is rich in biodiversity and home to over 5,000 plant species, 326 bird species, and 100 species of mammals including orangutans. The mountain makes up Kinabalu Park and the area has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mount Kinabalu is located in Sabah, Malaysia in southeast Asia. Country: Malaysia Mountain …
