Kitten Mountain (also ''Mao'er Mountains''; ) is a mountain located on the border between
Ziyuan County
Ziyuan County (; za, Swhyenz Yen) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China, bordering Hunan province to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Guilin.
Languages
The ''Ziyuan County Gazetteer'' lists the f ...
and
Xing'an County
Xing'an County is a county in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Guilin
Guilin ( Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) is a pref ...
,
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR) in the People's Republic of China that lies about from the
prefecture-level city of
Guilin.
Description
The peak lies in the
Yuecheng Mountains
The Yuecheng Mountains (), also known as Laoshanjie (老山界), are a mountain range that lies on the border between Hunan Province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, of the People's Republic of China. The range is part of the Nanling M ...
, part of the
Nan Mountains and dates to the
Neoproterozoic Era
The Neoproterozoic Era is the unit of geologic time from 1 billion to 538.8 million years ago.
It is the last era of the Precambrian Supereon and the Proterozoic Eon; it is subdivided into the Tonian, Cryogenian, and Ediacaran periods. It is prec ...
from 1,000 to 539 million years ago. Kitten Mountain is the highest peak in Guangxi, with a prominence of above the surrounding area, and it is a National Level Nature Reserve.
World War II plane crash
On August 31, 1944, a
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models des ...
aircraft of the
United States Army Air Corps crashed on Kitten Mountain following a bombing raid on Japanese warships off the coast of
Taiwan. The ten man crew were listed as
missing in action for 52 years until the remains of the aircraft were discovered in 1996 by two local youths searching for
medicinal herbs.
References
External Links
Mao'er Mountains(in Chinese): at the site of the Guangxi Guilin Mao'er Mountain National Nature Reserve Management Office; the link features a picture of the mountain and the local legend of how it came to be.
Mountains of Guangxi
Highest points of Chinese provinces
Landforms of Guangxi
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