| Heng Shan | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Heng_Shan_Summit_View.jpg) View from the summit of Heng Shan | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,017 m (6,617 ft) |
| Coordinates | 39°40′26″N 113°44′08″E / 39.67389°N 113.73556°E |
| Geography | |
 | |
| Location | Shanxi, China |
| Mount Heng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Heng_shan,_Shanxi_(Chinese_characters).svg) "Mount Heng" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 恒山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 恆山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former names | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Chang | |||||||||
| Chinese | 常山 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
Mount Heng, also known by its Chinese name Hengshan, is a mountain in north-central China's Shanxi Province, known as the northern mountain of the Five Great Mountains of China. Heng Shan in Shanxi Province is sometimes known as the Northern Heng Shan, and the one in Hunan Province as Southern Heng Shan. Both mountains have the same pronunciation in Chinese, and the Southern Heng Shan is also one of the Five Sacred Mountains.