Haba Xueshan

Haba Xueshan
Highest point
Elevation 5,396 m (17,703 ft)[1]
Prominence 1,794 m (5,886 ft)[2]
Listing Ultra
Coordinates 27°19′06″N 100°06′00″E / 27.31833°N 100.10000°E / 27.31833; 100.10000Coordinates: 27°19′06″N 100°06′00″E / 27.31833°N 100.10000°E / 27.31833; 100.10000[2]
Geography
Haba Xueshan

Location in China

Location Shangri-La County, Yunnan, China
Parent range Hengduan Mountains
Climbing
First ascent 1995 by a Chinese party[3]

Haba Xueshan (Chinese: 哈巴雪山; pinyin: Hābā Xǔeshān; literally: "Haba Snow Mountain") is a mountain rising above the northwest side of Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan, China. It rises opposite the higher Yulong Xueshan, and towers 3,500 metres above the river.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Haba Xueshan, China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  2. 1 2 "China III - Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  3. 1 2 Tamotsu Nakamura, "East of the Himalaya", American Alpine Journal, 2003, p. 146.


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