Mar 27 2025
The Annamite Range, also known as the Annamese Cordillera or Trường Sơn Range, is one of the great mountain systems of mainland Southeast Asia. Stretching for roughly 1,100 kilometers (680 miles), it forms a long, rugged backbone through Laos and Vietnam, with its southern landscapes extending toward northeastern Cambodia. Unlike mountain systems dominated by bare …
Mar 26 2025
Kawagebo | Kawa Garbo | Khawa Karpo | Kawadgarbo | Nyainqênkawagarbo 🏔️ Overview Kawagebo, also widely spelled Kawagarbo, Kawa Karpo, or Khawakarpo, is a spectacular 6,740-meter (22,113-foot) mountain rising along the border of Yunnan Province and the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. It is the highest mountain in Yunnan and the loftiest summit of the …
Mar 26 2025
Shenrezig Shenrezig is one of the most striking sacred mountains of southwestern China. Rising above the alpine valleys, forests, lakes, and monasteries of the Yading Nature Reserve in western Sichuan, the snow-covered peak reaches 6,032 meters (19,790 feet) and is the highest of Yading’s famous trio of sacred mountains. Also known as Xiannairi and Chenrezig, …
Mar 25 2025
Yangmaiyong Yangmaiyong is one of the most striking mountains of southwestern China and one of the three sacred snow peaks of the Yading region in Sichuan Province. Rising above alpine meadows, glacial valleys, forests, and high-elevation lakes, its sharply defined pyramid-shaped summit has become one of the signature sights of Daocheng Yading. The mountain is …
Mar 25 2025
Laotzyunshan Laotzyunshan is a high and remarkably prominent mountain in northwestern Yunnan Province, China. Rising to approximately 4,500 meters (14,764 feet), the peak stands within the dramatic mountain country of the southern Hengduan Mountains, an area shaped by immense tectonic forces, deep river valleys, alpine ecosystems, and some of China’s richest biodiversity. Although Laotzyunshan is …
Mar 25 2025
Xuebang Shan | 雪邦山 Xuebang Shan (雪邦山) is a high, exceptionally prominent mountain in northwestern Yunnan Province, China. Rising along the boundary between Jianchuan County in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture and Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, it forms part of a branch of the Yunling Mountains within the broader …
Mar 25 2025
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 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 | 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 | 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 …
