Yushan (mountain)
Yushan 玉山 |
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View of the north slope of the Yushan |
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height | 3952 m | |
location | Taiwan | |
Dominance | 1814 km | |
Notch height | 3952 m | |
Coordinates | 23 ° 28 '10 " N , 120 ° 57' 29" E | |
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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.
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Climate data from the years 1981–2010
Source: Taiwan Central Weather Bureau
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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
- Yushan (mountain) on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Official site of Yushan National Park
Individual evidence
- ^ Formosa . In: The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature . 9th edition. Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh 1889 (English, online ).
- ^ 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) ).
- ^ 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).
- ↑ The Yushan (Jade Mountain). taiwantourismus.de, accessed on February 10, 2018 .