Yushan (mountain)

Yushan, also known as Jade Mountain or Yu Mountain, is a national park and central mountain range in Taiwan. The highest point of the range, Jade Mountain, is Шаблон:Convert above sea level.

Yushan National Park

Yushan is part of Yushan National Park, one of the national parks administered by Taiwan. Under Japanese rule, it was designated part of the Niitaka (New Highest) Arisan National Park (新高阿里山国立公園) in 1937. The mountain is a favorite of Taiwanese mountain climbers. Several other mountains are also located in the park, including Siouguluan Mountain, Mabolasih Mountain, Dafenjian Mountain, Sinkang Mountain, and Guan Mountain.


The park is also known for its diverse wildlife and ecology. The environment around Yushan itself spans from sub-tropical forests at its base to alpine conditions at its peak.


Alternate names

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Jade Mountain was first observed by westerners in 1857. W. Morrison, captain of the American freighter SS Alexander, sighted this mountain while departing from Anping Harbor, in what is now Anping, Tainan. He recorded this sighting in his naval log, and the mountain gained the name Mount Morrison in western literature.

In 1900, after the annexation of Taiwan by the Japanese, two Japanese anthropologists, Torii Ryūzō and Mori Ushinosuke, became the first people to have been recorded ascending the mountain. They gave the mountain the name Niitakayama () or Mount Niitaka, literally the "New High Mountain", because it was even higher than Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.

Under its Japanese name, the mountain was used as the secret code to signal the carrier fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to begin its attack against Pearl Harbor. The code was Niitakayama Nobore (English: "Climb Mount Niitaka")


Sources

Шаблон:Reflist

See also

  • List of mountains in Taiwan
  • List of national parks in Taiwan
  • List of islands by highest point

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