Mount Xuebaoding（Chinese: 雪宝顶; lit. 'Snowy Treasure Peak'; Standard Tibetan: Shar Dung Ri) is a mountain near the easternmost edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China. With an elevation of 5,588 metres (18,333 ft) it is the highest peak of the Min Mountains and is Earth's most easterly peak over 5,500 metres (18,000 ft). It is located in Songpan County of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
| Mount Xuebaoding | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,588 m (18,333 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 2,057 m (6,749 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 32°40′33″N 103°50′48″E / 32.67583°N 103.84667°E[1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Xuebaoding Location in China | |
| Location | Songpan County, Sichuan, China |
| Parent range | Min Mountains |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1986 by a Japanese team |
| Easiest route | snow/ice/glacier climb |
Xuebaoding was first climbed in 1986 by a joint Chinese-Japanese expedition.[2]
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The LuoTuoBei, or Camel's back -
On the way to the summit of Mt Xuebaoding
References
edit- ^ a b c "China III - Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ Kinichi Yamamori (2001). "Twenty Years of Mountaineering in China". Himalayan Journal. No. 57. The Himalayan Club. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022.
- See also Eketoft, Linda (2013). "Xiao Xuebaoding (5,440m, Chinese map; 5,443m, GPS), northeast ridge". American Alpine Club Journal. Vol. 2013. pp. 353–354. See: Editor's note.
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