Bumhpa Bum ( my, ဘွမ်ဖာဘွမ်) is one of the highest mountains in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
and is located in the
Kachin Hills Kachin or Kakhyen may refer to:
* Kachin State, in northern Myanmar/Burma
* Kachin Hills, northeastern Myanmar
* Kachin peoples, a generalised term for six non-Burman ethno-linguistic groups in Kachin State.
**Kachin people, including the main sub-b ...
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With a height of and a prominence of , Bumhpa Bum is one of the
ultra prominent peak
An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or fro ...
s of
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
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Peakbagger - Bumhpa Bum, Myanmar
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See also
*Kachin Hills Kachin or Kakhyen may refer to:
* Kachin State, in northern Myanmar/Burma
* Kachin Hills, northeastern Myanmar
* Kachin peoples, a generalised term for six non-Burman ethno-linguistic groups in Kachin State.
**Kachin people, including the main sub-b ...
*List of mountains in Burma
The following is a list of mountains in Myanmar (Burma). The elevations are in metres. For the names of the mountains in the Latin script the most common transcription has been adopted.
Note:
Many mountains in the country are important not b ...
*List of Ultras of Southeast Asia
This is a list of all the ultra-prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Mainland Southeast Asia. All values below are given in metres.
Patkai-Chin Hills
Indo-Malayan System
Malay Peninsula
Annamite Range ...
References
External links
The History of Burma's Jade MinesGoogle Books, ''The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia''
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Geography of Kachin State
Mountains of Myanmar