Jan 17 2025
Beidawushan 🏔️ Overview Beidawushan (北大ć¦ĺ±±), also written Beidawu Mountain or Beidawu Shan, is one of the great mountains of southern Taiwan. Rising to an officially listed elevation of 3,092 meters (10,144 feet), it stands near the southern end of Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range and is the southernmost major summit above 3,000 meters along the island’s …
Jan 16 2025
Beinanzhushan 🏔️ Overview Beinanzhushan, also written Beinan Zhushan and known in Chinese as 卑南主山, is a major high mountain in southern Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range. Rising to approximately 3,295 meters (10,810 feet), it stands along the boundary between Kaohsiung City and Taitung County and is one of Taiwan’s celebrated Baiyue, or 100 Peaks. Beinanzhushan occupies …
Jan 15 2025
Yushan Southern Peak Yushan Southern Peak (玉山南峰), also known as Yushan South Peak, Jade Mountain South Peak, or Yushan Nanfeng, is one of the spectacular high summits surrounding Yushan, Taiwan’s highest mountain. Rising from the rugged southern ridge of the Yushan massif, it is distinguished by steep rock faces, jagged pinnacles, and a dramatic summit …
Jan 14 2025
Yushan | Jade Mountain Yushan, also known as Jade Mountain or Mount Jade, is the highest mountain in Taiwan and one of the most geographically significant peaks in East Asia. Rising to 3,952 meters (12,966 feet), its rugged summit dominates the Yushan Range and forms the centerpiece of Yushan National Park. The mountain’s importance extends …
Jan 13 2025
Dahuang Feng 🏔️ Overview Dahuang Feng (大黄峰), also known as Mount Dahuang and Logshen Roda, is a remote 5,922-meter (19,429-foot) mountain in western Sichuan Province, China. It rises in the Qionglai Mountains, a rugged eastern component of the broader Hengduan Mountains system near the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Although considerably lower than the …
Jan 12 2025
Mount Edgar 🏔️ Overview Mount Edgar is a spectacular and notoriously difficult 6,618-meter (21,713-foot) mountain in western Sichuan, China. Also known as E-Gongga and Aidejia, the peak rises within the Minya Konka massif of the Daxue Mountains, part of the greater Hengduan Mountains. With sheer faces, extensive glaciers, enormous vertical relief, and a history of …
Jan 10 2025
Kuh-e Shashgal 🏔️ Overview Kuh-e Shashgal is a remote, little-known high mountain in northeastern Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush. Rising to approximately 6,290 meters (20,636 feet), it is one of Afghanistan’s major 6,000-meter summits and qualifies as an ultra-prominent peak, with more than 1,500 meters of topographic prominence. The mountain lies in or near Kuran wa Munjan …
Jan 09 2025
Mount Kerinci | Kerintji Mount Kerinci rises above the rainforests and tea-growing highlands of central Sumatra as one of Indonesia’s most impressive mountains. Reaching 3,805 meters (12,484 feet), this active stratovolcano is the highest mountain on Sumatra and the highest volcano in Indonesia. Also known as Gunung Kerinci, the mountain forms the highest point of …
Jan 08 2025
Jabal an Nabi Shu’ayb | Jabal Hadhur Jabal an Nabi Shu’ayb is the highest mountain in Yemen and the highest point anywhere on the Arabian Peninsula. Rising to 3,666 meters (12,028 feet) in Yemen’s western highlands, the mountain towers above a landscape of steep volcanic slopes, deeply cut valleys, ancient agricultural terraces, and highland settlements. …
Jan 08 2025
Jabal Sawda | Jabal Soudah Jabal Sawda—also written Jabal Soudah, Jabal Sawdah, or Al Soudah—rises above the green highlands of southwestern Saudi Arabia near the city of Abha. For decades it was universally presented as the highest mountain in Saudi Arabia, usually with a published elevation of 3,015 meters (9,892 feet). Modern surveying has made …
