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'Yu Shan' () is a national park and central mountain range in Taiwan. The highest point of the range, Jade Mountain, is AMSL.

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Yushan National Park

Alternate names

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Yushan National Park

Yushan is part of 'Yushan National Park' (玉山國家公園), one of the national parks administered by Taiwan (R.O.C.). The mountain is a favorite of Taiwanese mountain climbers. Several other mountains are also located in the park, including Siouguluan Mountain, Mabolasih Mountain, Dafenjian Mountain, Sinkang Mountain, and Guan Mountain.
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The park is also known for its diverse wildlife and ecology. The environment around Yushan itself spans from sub-tropical forests at its base to alpine conditions at its peak.
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Alternate names

Jade Mountain was first observed by westerners in 1857. 'W. Morrison', captain of the American freighter SS ''Alexander'', sighted this mountain while departing from Anping Harbor, in what is now Anping, Tainan. He recorded this sighting in his naval log, and the mountain gained the name 'Mount Morrison' in western literature.
In 1900, after the annexation of Taiwan by the Japanese, two Japanese anthropologists, 'Torii Ryūzō' and 'Mori Ushinosuke', became the first people to have been recorded ascending the mountain. They gave the mountain the name 'Niitakayama' (新高山) or 'Mount Niitaka', literally the "New High Mountain", because it was even higher than Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.
Under its Japanese name, the mountain was used as the secret code to signal the carrier fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to begin its attack against Pearl Harbor. The code was ''Niitakayama Nobore'' ("Climb Mount Niitaka") – Evolution of Aircraft Carriers — the Japanese Developments, , Scot, MacDonald, Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, DC, ,

Sources

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Taiwan's National Park Website.
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Yushan National Park Website.

See also

★ List of mountains in Taiwan

★ List of national parks of the Republic of China

External links

★ Yushan National Park Official Website

★ Barking Deer - Permits and Summit Hikes

★ Jade Mountain on Google Maps

★ 2007 trip report and climbing information