Key facts
- Elevation
- 2,154 m (7,067 ft)
- Listing
- Mountains of China
- Parent range
- Qin Mountains
- Easiest route
- Cable car
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Hua (simplified Chinese: 华山; traditional Chinese: 華山; pinyin: Huà Shān) is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi Province, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of Xi'an. It is the "Western Mountain" of the Five Great Mountains of China and has a long history of religious significance. Originally classified as having three peaks, in modern times it is classified as having five main peaks, the highest of which is the South Peak at 2,154.9 metres (7,070 ft).
Names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Hua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.