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| Shoushan | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Tzaishan_at_nsysu.jpg) Shoushan as seen from the National Sun Yat San University | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 356 meters |
| Coordinates | 22°38′19″N 120°15′54″E / 22.63861°N 120.26500°E |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Parent range | Tzaishan |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | More than 1000 ka |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | hiking |
Shoushan (Chinese: 壽山, also commonly known in English as Monkey Mountain or Apes' Hill, in Japanese as Kotobuki-yama) is a mountain in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, north of the main entrance to Kaohsiung Harbor. It was named Ape Hill by the Dutch in the 17th century to describe many Formosan rock macaques on this mountain. It is also called Chaishan (柴山) and includes the Snake Hill (蛇山 - a 17th-century term) in its northern part, and Long Life Hill (壽山) – named by Japanese in 1911-1915 for the crown-prince Hirohito – in the southern part. In some old maps, the peak of the hill is called Saracen's Head. Now it is a nature park where biological diversity can be seen.