Yushan

Yushan
Yushan
	whale. 玉山 , whale Yù shān
	; North peak of Yushan Mountain
Highest point
Absolute height	3952 m
Relative height
First ascent	1900; (Tory Kyuozo and Mori Usinosuke)
Location
A country	Republic of China / PRC ;
	Yushan

Yushan ^[3] ^[4] or Xingaoshan ^[5] ^[6] ( Kit. Ex. 玉山 , Pinyin : Yù Shān , Pall .: Yushan , Jade Mountain) is the highest peak of East Asia . Located on the island of Taiwan , height 3952 m.

The mountain is part of a mountain range passing through the entire island . From here originate the largest rivers of Taiwan - Zhoshui (濁水溪), Zengwen ( 曾文溪 ) and Danshui (淡水河). Today it houses the eponymous national park, very popular among tourists.

The narrow-gauge railway rises to the village of Alishan (阿里山), and then early in the morning takes tourists to the observation deck on the Rushan Mountain (祝山) at an altitude of about 2500 m with a view of Yushan, where they meet dawn.

The powerful typhoon Morakot at the end of August 2009 caused avalanches and landslides that damaged and in some places destroyed the railway, causing great damage to the entire region. The commissioning of the railway has been postponed indefinitely. The cost of repairs exceeds a billion dollars, and there are even offers to replace the railway with a cable lift.

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Interesting Facts

According to the ancient Chinese legend, the deity of the autumn lived on Zhushan mountain - Zhu-show. From the mountain it watched the sunset and the reflection of sunset rays.
In the colonial period, Yushan was called Niitaka ( Jap. 新高山 ) and was the highest mountain of the Japanese Empire .
The order to attack Pearl Harbor was transmitted by a radio message with the text “Climb Mount Niitaka 1208”, which set the date for the start of hostilities: December 8, 1941 (December 7, in the western hemisphere).

Literature

Yushan (Morrison, Niitakayama) // Elokvention - Yaya. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1957. - P. 386. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 t.] / Ed. B.A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, t. 49).

Notes

↑ Peakbagger.com
↑ This geographical feature is located in China and is controlled by the Republic of China . According to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China , controlled by the Republic of China Taiwan and the adjacent islands are part of the People’s Republic of China . In fact, the Republic of China is a partially recognized state whose territory is not controlled by the People’s Republic of China .
Е. Pospelov EM. Geographical names of the world: Toponymic dictionary: Approx. 5000 units / resp. ed. R.Ageeva. - M .: Russian dictionaries, 1998. - p. 488. - 503 p. - 3000 copies - ISBN 5-89216-029-7 .
↑ Yushan // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - P. 454.
↑ Topographic maps of the General Staff
↑ Yushan // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - P. 337.

Links

Official site of Yushan National Park (Neopr.) (Not available link) . Archived July 15, 2009.
Uncertain future for Alishan railway
On the journey to Yushan - in the blog LJ International Radio of Taiwan
Yushan became the nominee for the New Seven Wonders of the World contest - voting on Taiwan International Radio (Neopr.) (The inaccessible link is history ) .
Peakware.com
Summitpost.org

[1] Peakbagger.com

[gotai-2] This geographical feature is located in China and is controlled by the Republic of China . According to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China , controlled by the Republic of China Taiwan and the adjacent islands are part of the People’s Republic of China . In fact, the Republic of China is a partially recognized state whose territory is not controlled by the People’s Republic of China .

[3] Е. Pospelov EM. Geographical names of the world: Toponymic dictionary: Approx. 5000 units / resp. ed. R.Ageeva. - M .: Russian dictionaries, 1998. - p. 488. - 503 p. - 3000 copies - ISBN 5-89216-029-7 .

[4] Yushan // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - P. 454.

[5] Topographic maps of the General Staff

[6] Yushan // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - P. 337.