Loi Pangnao is the highest mountain of the
Daen Lao Range
The Daen Lao Range ( th, ทิวเขาแดนลาว,
(Loi La Range), a subrange of the
Shan Hills
The Shan Hills ( my, ရှမ်းရိုးမ; ''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 mountain ranges separated ...
. It is located near
Mong Yawng
Mong Yawng ( my, မိုင်းယောင်းမြို့) is a town, located in eastern Shan State, Myanmar.
History
Mongyawng State (Möngyawng) was one of the Shan States
The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of ...
in
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...
,
Burma
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close to the border with
China.
With a height of 2,440 m and a prominence of 1,596 m, Loi Pangnao 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 fr ...
s of
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...
.
Loi Pangnao (mountain) - Region: Shan State, Myanmar
See also
*List of Ultras of Southeast Asia
This is a list of all the ultra-prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Mainland Southeast Asia. All values below are given in metres.
Patkai-Chin Hills
Indo-Malayan System
Malay Peninsula
Annamite Range ...
* List of mountains in Burma
References
External links
Peakbagger Loi Pangnao, MyanmarGoogle Books, ''The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia''
Geography of Shan State
Mountains of Myanmar
Daen Lao Range
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