{{Short description|Mountain range in Taiwan}} {{redirect|Middle Range|the mountain range on the Kamchatka Peninsula|Sredinny Range}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Xueshan Range | other_name = Snow Mountain Range | etymology = | native_name = {{native name|zh|雪山山脈}} | image = 北插天山.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_alt = | image_caption = | map = | image_map = Taiwan-Xueshan Range Def2.jpg | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_relief = | map_size = | location = Taiwan | label = | label_position = | elevation = {{convert|3886|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | prominence = | prominence_m = | prominence_ft = | prominence_ref = | isolation = | isolation_km = | isolation_mi = | isolation_ref = | parent_peak = | listing = | translation = | language = | pronunciation = | range = | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = Mountain range | age = | geology = | volcanic_arc = | volcanic_belt = | volcanic_field = | volcanic_arc/belt = | last_eruption = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | normal_route = | access = | child = | embedded = }} {{chinese |t={{linktext|雪山|山脈}} |s={{linktext|雪山|山脉}} |hp=Xuěshān Shānmài<br>Xuěshān Shānmò |w=Hsüeh-shan Shan-mai<br>Hsüeh-shan Shan-mo |l={{nowrap|Snowy Mountain Range}} }}

The '''Xueshan Range'''<!--Chinese in infobox; see WP:MOS-ZH--> is a mountain range in northern Taiwan. It is bordered by the Chungyang Range to the southeast. The tallest peak of the Xueshan Range is Xueshan/Sekuwan, which has a height of {{convert|3886|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. Shei-Pa National Park is located around the peaks of Xueshan and Dabajianshan.

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==Names== The current name derives from the pinyin romanization of the Chinese name of the range's highest peak, Xueshan. The same name is sometimes written '''Hsüeh-shan''' or calqued as the '''Snow''' or {{nowrap|'''Snowy Mountain Range'''}}. Under the Qing, the range was also known variously as the '''Middle''', '''Western''', '''Dodds''',{{sfnp|''EB''|1879|p=416}} or the {{nowrap|'''Mt Sylvia Range'''.}}{{sfnp|Braithwaite|1907|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gI3ye0goRXoC&pg=PA106 106]}}

==List of peaks== There are 54 peaks taller than {{convert|3000|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} located in the Xueshan Range, 19 of which are numbered among the 100 Peaks of Taiwan:

*Xueshan Main Peak (雪山主峰), {{convert|3886|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Xueshan Eastern Peak (雪山東峰), {{convert|3201|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Xueshan Northern Peak (雪山北峰), {{convert|3703|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Daxueshan (大雪山), {{convert|3530|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Zhongxueshan (中雪山), {{convert|3173|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Huoshishan (火石山), {{convert|3310|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Touyingshan (頭鷹山), {{convert|3510|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Zhijiayangdashan (志佳陽大山), {{convert|3289|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Dabajianshan (大霸尖山), {{convert|3490|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Xiaobajianshan (小霸尖山), {{convert|3445|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Baigudashan (白姑大山), {{convert|3342|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Yizeshan (伊澤山), {{convert|3497|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Dajianshan (大劍山), {{convert|3594|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Jianshan (劍山]), {{convert|3253|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Jiayangshan (佳陽山), {{convert|3314|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Pintianshan (品田山), {{convert|3524|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Chiyoushan (池有山), {{convert|3303|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Taoshan (桃山), {{convert|3325|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} *Kalayeshan (喀拉業山), {{convert|3133|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

==See also== * Hsuehshan Tunnel

==References== {{commons category}} ===Citations=== {{reflist|30em}} ===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{citation |contribution=Formosa |title=Encyclopaedia Britannica, ''9th ed., Vol.&nbsp;IX'' |editor-last=Baynes |editor-first=Thomas Spencer |display-editors=0 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |date=1879 |ref={{harvid|''EB''|1879}} |pages=415–17 }}. * {{citation |last=Takekoshi |first=Yosaburo |editor-last=Braithwaite |editor-first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gI3ye0goRXoC |title=Japanese Rule in Formosa |publisher=Longmans, Green, & Co. |location=London |date=1907 |ref={{harvid|Braithwaite|1907}} }} {{refend}}

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Category:Mountain ranges of Taiwan Category:Landforms of Taichung Category:Landforms of Miaoli County Category:Landforms of Hsinchu County

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