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Taiwan is a mountainous island. The highest mountain is Jade Mountain, seen here from the north peak.The main peak reaches the height of 3,952 metres (12,966 ft), that is, nearly 4 km (2.5 mi) high.
Taiwan has one of the highest densities of tall mountains in the world. [citation needed] To promote mountain hiking, the Taiwan Alpine Association began developing a list of top 100 peaks for Taiwan. Wen-An Lin, after a 1971 crossing of the Central Mountain Range, set about drawing up the list. Significant contributions in sourcing photos and ...
Notable characteristics include mountain wilderness, four villages, waterfalls, high altitude tea plantations, the Alishan Forest Railway, and a number of hiking trails. The area is popular with tourists and mountain climbers. Alishan, itself has become one of the major landmarks associated with Taiwan.
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On 22 September 2015, an AIDC AT-3 of the Republic of China Air Force crashed around the mountain area during routine training flight, killing its two pilots. [3]On 20 January 2019, Taiwanese hiker, Gigi Wu, known for her social media photos of herself atop Taiwanese mountains wearing only two-piece bathing suits, fell into a 20-meter valley near Mabolasi Mountain.
Yushan National Park (Chinese: 玉山國家公園; pinyin: Yù Shān Gúojiā Gōngyuán) is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the summit Yushan, the highest peak of the park. [1] The park covers a total area of 103,121 hectares that includes large sections of the Central Mountain Range. [2]
Daiton National Park , Taiwan's first national park, was established on 27 December 1937. [3] It was one of three national parks designated by Governor-General of Taiwan Seizō Kobayashi during Japanese rule. In 1950, President Chiang Kai-shek renamed Grass Mountain to Yangmingshan to commemorate the Ming Dynasty scholar Wang Yangming.
Pintian Mountain as viewed from the south Mount Pintian ( Chinese : 品田山 ; pinyin : Pǐntián Shān ; Wade–Giles : P'in 3 -t'ien 2 Shan 1 ) is a mountain in Taiwan . [ 1 ]