Mount Emei

"Omei Shan" redirects here. For the bird, see Grey-faced liocichla.
"Emei" redirects here. For the musician, see Emei (musician).
For the county-level city and former county named after the mountain, see Emeishan City.
Mount Emei
Emei Shan
Highest point
Elevation3,099 m (10,167 ft)[1]
Prominence1,069 m (3,507 ft)
ListingMountains of China
Coordinates29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E / 29.51972°N 103.33250°E / 29.51972; 103.33250
Geography
Mount Emei is located in Sichuan
Mount Emei
Mount Emei
Mount Emei is located in China
Mount Emei
Mount Emei
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
MunicipalityEmeishan City
Official nameMount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
TypeMixed
Criteriaiv, vi, x
Designated1996 (20th session)
Reference no.779
RegionAsia-Pacific
Mount Emei
"Mount Emei" in Chinese characters
Chinese峨眉山[2]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÉméi shān
Gwoyeu RomatzyhErmei shan
Wade–GilesO2-mei2 shan1
IPA[ɤ̌.měɪ ʂán]
Wu
RomanizationNgu去 mi去 sae平
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationNgòh-mèih sāan
JyutpingNgo4-mei4 saan1
IPA[ŋɔ˩ mej˩ san˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJNgô-ba̍k-soaⁿ
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Mount Emei ([ɤ̌.měɪ]; Chinese: 峨眉山[2]; pinyin: Éméi shān), alternatively Mount Omei, is a 3,099-metre-tall (10,167 ft) mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.[3] Mount Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as Daxiangling.[4] A large surrounding area of countryside is geologically known as the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, a large igneous province generated by the Emeishan Traps volcanic eruptions during the Permian Period.

Administratively, Mount Emei is located near the county-level city of the same name (Emeishan City), which is in turn part of the prefecture-level city of Leshan. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.[5]

  1. ^ "Topographic map of Emei". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  2. ^ a b In the name "Emei", the character méi 眉 is sometimes written 嵋; the character "É" 峨 is occasionally written 峩.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hayes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ E.g., 实用中国地图集 (Shiyong Zhongguo Dituji, "Practical Atlas of China"), 2008, ISBN 978-7-5031-4772-2; map of Sichuan on pp. 142–143
  5. ^ "Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 2007-09-06.