Basics
- County / City
- Nantou County, Chiayi County, Kaohsiung City
- Elevation
- 3,952 m
- Range
- Yushan Range
- National park
- Yushan
- Route grade
- Grade 3 (1–5, higher is harder)
- Common routes
- Yushan Peaks (玉山群峰)
- Coordinates
- 23.4700, 120.9573
About
Yu Shan or Yushan, Tongku Saveq, Mount Niitaka (during Japanese rule), is the highest mountain in Taiwan at 3,952 m (12,966 ft) above sea level, giving Taiwan the 4th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world. It is the highest point in the western Pacific region outside of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Yushan and its surrounding mountains belong to the Yushan Range. The area was once in the ocean; it rose to its current height because of the Eurasian Plate's movement over the Philippine Sea Plate. Yushan is ranked 40th by topographic isolation. The mountains are now protected as the Yushan National Park. The national park is Taiwan's largest, highest, and least accessible national park. It contains the largest tract of wilderness remaining on the island.
Text from the English Wikipedia article “Yushan (mountain)”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Permits
Inside Yushan National Park: entering its protected area needs a park entry permit in advance.
Most high-mountain routes are also in restricted mountain areas, so you need a mountain entry permit too.
Apply on the Taiwan hiking permit portal; official notices take precedence.
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