Min Range | |
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岷山 | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Xuebaoding (Snow Treasure Peak) |
Elevation | 5,588 m (18,333 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 32°41′N 103°51′E / 32.683°N 103.850°E[1] |
Geography | |
Country | China |
Provinces | Sichuan and Gansu |
Prefecture | Mianyang |
Parent range | Hengduan Mountains |
Min Mountains or Minshan (Chinese: 岷山; pinyin: Mín Shān) are a mountain range in central China. It runs in the general north-south direction through northern Sichuan (the eastern part of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture and adjacent areas of Mianyang Prefecture-level city) and southernmost borderlands of Gansu. The highest elevation is Mount Xuebaoding ("Snow Treasure Peak"), 5588 m and the second highest is Mt Little Xuebaoding ("Little Snow Treasure Peak"), 5443m.