Loi Leng is the highest mountain of the
Shan Hills
The Shan Hills (; ''Shan Yoma''), also known as Shan Highland, is a vast mountainous zone that extends through Yunnan to Myanmar and Thailand. The whole region is made up of numerous peaks separated mostly by narrow valleys, as well as a few ...
. It is located in
Shan State
Shan State (, ; , ) is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha Province, Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai Province, Chia ...
, Myanmar (Burma), to the southeast of
Lashio.
Geography
Loi Leng is part of a massif with multiple peaks located to the SW
Pa-kawlam, 10 km to the north of
Mong Pat and to the east of
Kawngwit villages.
With a height of and a prominence of , Loi Leng, the highest peak of the massif, is one of the
ultra prominent peak
An ultra-prominent peak, or ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500. The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or fro ...
s of
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
.
See also
*
List of mountains in Burma
*
List of Ultras of Southeast Asia
References
External links
Google Books, ''The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia''Peakbagger - Shan-Western Thailand
Geography of Shan State
Mountains of Myanmar
Shan Hills
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