Mount XuebaodingChinese: 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
Highest point
Elevation5,588 m (18,333 ft)[1]
Prominence2,057 m (6,749 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates32°40′33″N 103°50′48″E / 32.67583°N 103.84667°E / 32.67583; 103.84667[1]
Geography
Mount Xuebaoding is located in China
Mount Xuebaoding
Mount Xuebaoding
Location in China
LocationSongpan County, Sichuan, China
Parent rangeMin Mountains
Climbing
First ascent1986 by a Japanese team
Easiest routesnow/ice/glacier climb

Xuebaoding was first climbed in 1986 by a joint Chinese-Japanese expedition.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "China III - Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  2. ^ Kinichi Yamamori (2001). "Twenty Years of Mountaineering in China". Himalayan Journal. No. 57. The Himalayan Club. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022.
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