The Kuaiji Mountains ( or ''Guìjī Shān''), formerly romanized as the K'uai-chi Mountains, are a long mountain range in

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Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

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. They are named for Mount Kuaiji (also ''Kuàijī Shān'' in Chinese), the peak just southeast of

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which is now known as

Mount Xianglu Mount Xianglu () is a mountain near Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. Its summit has an elevation of . History Its historic name was Mount Kuaiji (), formerly romanized as Mount K'uai-chi It was an important site for ancient China's Yue civilization ...

. Xianglu is the highest peak of the range, with an elevation of .

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