Doi Luang ( th, ดอยหลวง) is a 1,694 m high mountain in
Thailand
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, part of the
Phi Pan Nam Range
The Phi Pan Nam Range, also Pee Pan Nam, ( th, ทิวเขาผีปันน้ำ) is a long system of mountain ranges in the eastern half of the Thai highlands. It is mostly in Thailand, although a small section in the northeast is w ...
.
The mountain rises at the western end of
Ban Tun Subdistrict,
Mueang Phayao District,
Phayao Province, near the point where the limit of this province meets with
Lampang Province
Lampang ( th, ลำปาง, ; Northern Thai: ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), lies in upper northern Thailand. The old name of Lampang was ''Khelang Nakhon''.
Geography
Lampang is in the broad river valley of the ...
. With a height of 1,694 metres it is the highest point of the Phi Pan Nam Range.
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There are a number of lesser mountains with the name " Doi Luang" throughout the same range.
Its summit is in Doi Luang National Park
Doi Luang National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติดอยหลวง) is one of the biggest national parks in Northern Thailand.
It covers the Mae Suai, Phan and Wiang Pa Pao districts of Chiang Rai Province, Wang Nue ...
, less than seven km to the north of Route 120 between Wang Nuea and the AH2
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...
Highway.
See also
*Doi Luang National Park
Doi Luang National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติดอยหลวง) is one of the biggest national parks in Northern Thailand.
It covers the Mae Suai, Phan and Wiang Pa Pao districts of Chiang Rai Province, Wang Nue ...
*Thai highlands
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*List of mountains in Thailand
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References
External links
Doi Luang National ParkTrekking to Doi Luang
(Thai)
Phi Pan Nam Range
Mountains of Thailand
Geography of Phayao province
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