Mount Jizhen () is the second highest
mountain
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in
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
, China, with an altitude of , just 35 meters lower than
Tiantang Peak.
It bases at the east of Liuxi River National Forest Park.
The mountain was named of cockscomb for its summit and subpeak together looks like cockscomb in the distance. The subpeak, which rises to a height of above sea level, is much more famous than the main peak. This results some people mistakenly used its height as the mountain's elevation.
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