Mount Xuebaoding（; Tibetan name:Shar Dung Ri）is a mountain near the easternmost edge of the
Tibetan Plateau
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in
China
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. With an elevation of it is the highest peak of the
Min Mountains
Min Mountains or Minshan () are a mountain range in central China. It runs in the general north-south direction through northern Sichuan (the eastern part of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture and adjacent areas of Mianyang Prefect ...
and the easternmost 5,500 m (18,000 ft) or higher peak on Earth. It is located in
Songpan County
Songpan; former Songzhou, is a county of northwestern Sichuan province, China, and is one of the 13 counties administered by the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It has an area of , and a population of approximately 68,000 composed o ...
of the
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (; Qiang: ; ), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and northeast and Qinghai to the northwest. Its seat is in Barkam, and it has an ar ...
,
Sichuan Province
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 ...
.
Xuebaoding was first climbed in 1986 by a Japanese team.
[http://www.jac.or.jp/english/kiroku/Untrodden.pdf ]
File:骆驼背.jpg, The LuoTuoBei, or Camel's back
References
External links
Mt. Xue Bao Ding (Shar Dung Ri)Itinerary (2010) Climbing Mount XueBaoDing, SiChuan
See also
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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 ...
Xuebaoding
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