Yushan (mountain)

Yushan 玉山
View of the north slope of the Yushan
height	3952  m
location	Taiwan
Dominance	1814 km
Notch height	3952 m
Coordinates	23 ° 28 '10 "  N , 120 ° 57' 29"  E Coordinates: 23 ° 28 '10 "  N , 120 ° 57' 29"  E
First ascent	December 26, 1898
particularities	Highest mountain in the Republic of China and the island of Taiwan

The Yushan ( Chinese  玉山 , Pinyin Yù Shān , W.-G. Yü Shan , Zhuyin ㄩ ˋ ㄕ ㄢ  - " Jade Mountain ") is the highest mountain in the Republic of China and the island of Taiwan at 3,952 m above sea level . It is located in central Taiwan at the intersection of Nantou , Chiayi counties and Kaohsiung city . The Tropic of Capricorn runs around ten kilometers south of the summit .

history

Ever since the captain of the freighter USS Alexander , W. Morrison, first mentioned the mountain in writing in 1857, it was known in America and Europe under the name of Mount Morrison . During the Japanese rule of the island, which lasted from 1895 to 1945 , it was called Niitakayama ( Japanese d 高山 , English "new, high mountain") because it replaced Mount Fuji as the highest mountain in the Japanese Empire . With the words: " Climb Mount Niitaka ", Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku started the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 2, 1941 .

The first ascent took place on December 26, 1898 by the German explorer Karl Theodor Stöpel .

climate

On the north summit there is a weather observation station of the Taiwan's Central Meteorological Authority at an altitude of 3845 meters ( ). It is the highest building on the island of Taiwan.

Yushan
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     83   4th -5     121   4th -4     139   5 -2     244   8th 0     414   11 3     488   12 4th     446   14th 4th     519   14th 4th     325   13 4th     144   13 3     78   10 0     70   6th -3 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Taiwan Central Weather Bureau

Climate data from the years 1981–2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 3.7 3.7 5.4 7.8 10.6 12.1 13.8 13.6 13 13.2 10.2 6.2 O 9.5 Min. Temperature (° C) -4.5 -3.7 -1.9 0.4 2.6 4.2 4.4 4.4 3.8 2.6 0.3 -2.7 O 0.8 Temperature (° C) -1.1 -0.5 1.1 3.4 5.7 7.1 7.9 7.8 7.1 6.5 4th 0.8 O 4.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 83.1 120.5 139.1 244.4 414 488.2 445.6 519.3 325.2 144.3 77.6 70 Σ 3,071.3 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 6.5 5.2 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.4 5.7 5.2 5.1 6.7 6.8 6.6 O 5.5 Rainy days ( d ) 7.2 7.1 8.6 14.6 18.5 18.6 17.2 18.4 16 11 7.7 5.6 Σ 150.5 Source: Taiwan Central Weather Bureau

Yushan National Park

The Yushan is embedded in the Yushan National Park named after him in 1985 . With an area of ​​1054.9 km², this is the largest of the five national parks in Taiwan and extends over the three counties of Nantou , Hualien and Chiayi as well as a corner of the area of ​​the city of Kaohsiung, which was expanded in 2010 .

Web links

Commons : Yushan (mountain)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Yushan (mountain) on Peakbagger.com (English)
• Official site of Yushan National Park

Individual evidence

1. ^ Formosa . In: The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature . 9th edition. Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh 1889 (English, online ).
2. ^ Karl Theodor Stöpel :: A journey into the interior of the island of Formosa and the first ascent of Niitakayama (Mount Morrison): Christmas 1898 . Companñía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco, Buenos Aires 1905, p. 91–92 ( digitized version ( pdf) ).
3. ^ WS Ou, KT Huang, HT Lin: Regional Characteristics of Global Solar Radiation: Variation in the Recent 30 Years in Taiwan. (pdf) Retrieved December 17, 2017 (English). 
4. ↑ The Yushan (Jade Mountain). taiwantourismus.de, accessed on February 10, 2018 .