Daxue Mountains

Daxue Range
Glaciers on the Gongga Shan
Highest point
Peak	Gongga Shan (Minya Konka)
Elevation	7,556 m (24,790 ft)[1]
Coordinates	29°35′48″N 101°52′43″E / 29.59667°N 101.87861°E / 29.59667; 101.87861
Dimensions
Length	600 km (370 mi)
Naming
Native name	大雪山山脉 (Chinese)
Geography
Daxue Range Location in Sichuan
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Parent range	Hengduan Mountains

The Daxue Range or Daxue Mountains (Chinese: 大雪山山脉, 大雪山; pinyin: Dàxuě Shān; Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-hsüeh³ Shan¹; lit. 'Great Snow Mountains') are a great mountain range in the western part of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It is part of the Hengduan Mountains, a complicated system of mountain ranges of western Sichuan, which itself is adjacent to the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.