{{Short description|5588 m mountain in China}} {{distinguish|Mount Little Xuebaoding}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Xuebaoding | image =The_summit_of_Mount_Xuebaoding.JPG | image_size = 200 | image_caption = | elevation_m = 5588 | elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist">{{cite web|url=http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/china3.html|title=China III - Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces|publisher=Peaklist.org|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> | prominence_m = 2057 | prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/> | listing = Ultra | translation = | map = China | map_caption = Location in China | map_size = 260 | label_position = top | location = Songpan County, Sichuan, China | range = Min Mountains | coordinates = {{coord|32|40|33|N|103|50|48|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/> | first_ascent = 1986 by a Japanese team | easiest_route = snow/ice/glacier climb }}
'''Mount Xuebaoding''' ({{lang-zh|c=雪宝顶|l=Snowy Treasure Peak}}; Standard Tibetan: {{Transliteration|bo|Shar Dung Ri}}) is a mountain near the easternmost edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China. With an elevation of {{convert|5588|m|ft|0}} it is the highest peak of the Min Mountains and is Earth's most easterly peak over {{convert|5500|m}}. It is located in Songpan County of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Xuebaoding was first climbed in 1986 by a joint Chinese-Japanese expedition.<ref>{{cite magazine |author1=Kinichi Yamamori |title=Twenty Years of Mountaineering in China |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/57/15/twenty-years-of-mountaineering-in-china/ |magazine =Himalayan Journal |issue=57 |publisher=The Himalayan Club |date=2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213182015/https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/57/15/twenty-years-of-mountaineering-in-china/ |archive-date=13 February 2022 |language=en}} * See also {{cite magazine |last1=Eketoft |first1=Linda |title=Xiao Xuebaoding (5,440m, Chinese map; 5,443m, GPS), northeast ridge |url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212322 |magazine =American Alpine Club Journal |volume=2013 |date=2013 |pages=353–354 |id=See: Editor's note}}</ref> <gallery> File:骆驼背.jpg|The LuoTuoBei, or Camel's back File:On the way to the summit of Mt Xuebaoding.jpg|On the way to the summit of Mt Xuebaoding </gallery>
==See also== * List of ultras of Tibet, East Asia and neighbouring areas
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.tibetmap.net/visits/sc/xuebaoding.htm Mt. Xue Bao Ding (Shar Dung Ri)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716050635/http://www.shangrila-adventure.com/pdf/Climbing%20Mount%20XueBaoDing%202010.pdf Itinerary (2010) Climbing Mount XueBaoDing, SiChuan]
==See also== * List of Ultras of Tibet and East Asia
Xuebaoding Category:Ultra-prominent peaks of Asia
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