Mount Siguniang | |
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རི་བོ་སྐུ་བླ་ | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,250 m (20,510 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 2,571 m (8,435 ft)[2] |
Listing | Ultra |
Coordinates | 31°06′24″N 102°54′06″E / 31.10667°N 102.90167°E[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan, China |
Parent range | Qionglai Mountains |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1981 |
Easiest route | snow/ice/glacier climb |
Mount Siguniang (Chinese: 四姑娘山; pinyin: Sìgūniang Shān; lit. 'Mountain of the Four Maidens'), or Mount Skubla (Tibetan: རི་བོ་སྐུ་བླ་[3], Wylie: ri bo sku bla, lit. 'Mountain of the tutelary deity'[4]) is the highest mountain of Qionglai Mountains in Western China. It is located in the bordering area of Siguniangshan Town, Xiaojin County and Wenchuan County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Mount Siguniang is renowned for its beauty. Mount Siguniang National Park was identified as a UNESCO Heritage Site as part of Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries in 2006. The park comprises Mount Siguniang and the surrounding three valleys, namely Changping Valley (长坪沟), Haizi Valley (海子沟) and Shuangqiao Valley (双桥沟), covering an area of 2,000sq km.[5]