Daxue Mountain (大雪山, Daxue Shan) is a high mountain in
Yongde County
Yongde County () is a county in the west of Yunnan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China ( ...
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Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
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China. It is located west of
China National Highway 323, about 50 km to the northwest of
Lincang
Lincang () is a prefecture-level city located in the southwest of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China.
History
Lincang was previously called Baihuai during the Shang dynasty.
On December 26, 2003, the state council approved the cancell ...
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With a height of 3,500 m and a prominence of 2,041 m, the Daxue Shan is the most
prominent peak of the
Indo-Malayan System in
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 United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
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This mountain should not be confused with another mountain by the same name in
Qinghai
Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...
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Daxue Shan, China - Peakbagger.com
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See also
*List of mountains in China
The following is an incomplete list of mountains in the People's Republic of China, sorted in alphabetical order. Some of these mountains that are claimed by the PRC, including those under the control of the Republic of China and those disputed ...
*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 R ...
*List of peaks by prominence
This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.
Terminology
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest ...
References
External links
Google Books, ''The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia''List of Mountains in Yunnan
Mountains of Yunnan
Geography of Lincang
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