The Xueshan Range is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

in northern

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. It is bordered by the Chungyang Range to the southeast. The tallest peak of the Xueshan Range is Xueshan/Sekuwan, which has a height of .

Shei-Pa National Park Shei-Pa National Park () is a national park located in the central part of Taiwan around the peaks of Hsueh/Sekuwan and Dabajian/Papak Waqa, with an area of , covering the area of Hsinchu County, Miaoli County and Taichung City. High mountain ...

is located around the peaks of Xueshan and Dabajianshan.

Names

The current name derives from the

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of the

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name of the range's highest peak,

Xueshan Xueshan or Sekuwan (in Atayal, formerly known as among others) is a mountain in the Heping District of Taichung, Taiwan. It is the 2nd-highest mountain in Taiwan and in East Asia, at above sea level. It is located in the Shei-Pa Nationa ...

. The same name is sometimes written Hsüeh-shan or

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d as the Snow or . Under the Qing, the range was also known variously as the Middle, Western, Dodds, or the

List of peaks

There are 54 peaks taller than located in the Xueshan Range, 19 of which are numbered among the

100 Peaks of Taiwan The ''Baiyue'' () is a list of one hundred mountain peaks in Taiwan. They were chosen by a group of prominent Taiwanese hikers from mountain peaks known at the time to be over 3,000 meters in height. The selection criteria included uniqueness, dan ...

: *Xueshan Main Peak (雪山主峰), *Xueshan Eastern Peak (雪山東峰), *Xueshan Northern Peak (雪山北峰), * Daxueshan (大雪山), *Zhongxueshan (中雪山), *Huoshishan (火石山), *Touyingshan (頭鷹山), *Zhijiayangdashan (志佳陽大山), *Dabajianshan (大霸尖山), *Xiaobajianshan (小霸尖山), *Baigudashan (白姑大山), *Yizeshan (伊澤山), *Dajianshan (大劍山), *Jianshan (劍山]), *Jiayangshan (佳陽山), *Pintianshan (品田山), *Chiyoushan (池有山), *Taoshan (桃山), *Kalayeshan (喀拉業山),

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* . * Mountain ranges of Taiwan Landforms of Taichung Landforms of Miaoli County Landforms of Hsinchu County {{Taiwan-geo-stub

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List of peaks

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