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Fansipan (Vietnamese: Phan Xi Păng, listen ⓘ) is a mountain in Vietnam. Its height was 3,143 metres (10,312 ft) in 1909, and it presently stands at 3,147.3 metres (10,326 ft). [ 1 ] It is the highest mountain on the Indochinese peninsula (comprising Vietnam, Laos , and Cambodia ), hence its nickname, "the Roof of Indochina".
Rank Name Height Location 1 Hkakabo Razi [1]: 5,881 m (19,295 ft) Myanmar 2 Gamlang Razi [1]: 5,870 m (19,259 ft) Myanmar 3 Dindaw Razi [1]: 5,464 m (17,927 ft) Myanmar 4
Hoang Lien National Park is Vietnam's mountainous Northwest and includes Fansipan, the highest mountain in Vietnam and on the Indochinese Peninsula. [4]The total area of the core national park is 29,845 hectares (115.23 sq mi), which includes a strict protected area of 11,875 ha; a "forest rehabilitation area" of 17,900 ha; and an administration services area of 70 ha. [3]
Fansipan: 3143 m 10,312 ft South China Sea Gulf of Thailand: sea level 3143 m 10,312 ft British Virgin Islands: Mount Sage on Tortola: 521 m 1,709 ft Caribbean Sea: sea level 521 m 1,709 ft United States Virgin Islands: Crown Mountain on Saint Thomas: 474 m 1,555 ft Caribbean Sea: sea level 474 m 1,555 ft Wallis and Futuna: Mont Puke on Futuna ...
Fansipan (also known as Phan Xi Păng), which is located in Lào Cai province, is the highest mountain in Vietnam, standing 3,143 m (10,312 ft) high. [191] From north to south Vietnam, the country also has numerous islands ; Phú Quốc is the largest. [ 192 ]
Sa Pa is a quiet mountain town and home to a great diversity of ethnic minority peoples. The total population of 36,000 consists mostly of minority groups. Besides the Kinh (Viet) people (15 percent) there are mainly five ethnic groups in Sa Pa: Hmong 52 percent, Dao 25 percent, Tay five percent, Giay two percent, and a small number of Xa Pho.
List of mountain peaks by prominence; Ultra-prominent peak; Summits farthest from the Earth's center; Lists of highest points restricted to a specific geographic area List of countries by highest point; List of islands by highest point; Lists of mountains by region sorted by country or province Seven Summits, the highest peak on each continent
The highest point in Indonesia is Puncak Jaya, in Central Papua, at 4,884 metres (16,024 feet), which ranks the country as 28th by highest point [citation needed]. Several of the peaks in the list are unnamed, and are better known by the mountain range in which they are located: