Jiuding Shan is a mountain in
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
,
China. It is located in the
Daxue Mountains
Daxue may refer to:
* Daxue (solar term) (大雪), 21st solar term in traditional East Asian calendars
*''Da Xue'', or ''Great Learning
The ''Great Learning'' or ''Daxue'' was one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism attributed to one of Confu ...
, part of a complicated system of mountain ranges of western Sichuan, which itself is adjacent to the eastern edge of the
Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau (, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or the Qing–Zang Plateau () or as the Himalayan Plateau in India, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South and East Asia covering most of the ...
. Jiuding Shan has an elevation of above sea level. By measure of
topographic prominence
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
, it is ranked 125th in the world.
See also
*
List of Ultras of Tibet and East Asia
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Tibet, China, East Asia and neighbouring areas of Burma and India, including South India and Sri Lanka.
Kunlun Mountains and Northeastern ...
References
External links
"Jiuding Shan, China" on Peakbagger
Mountains of Sichuan
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