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| Mount Emei | |
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| Emei Shan | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,099 m (10,167 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,069 m (3,507 ft) |
| Listing | Mountains of China |
| Coordinates | 29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E / 29.51972°N 103.33250°E |
| Geography | |
  Mount Emei  Mount Emei | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Municipality | Emeishan City |
| Official name | Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area |
| Type | Mixed |
| Criteria | iv, vi, x |
| Designated | 1996 (20th session) |
| Reference no. | 779 |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
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| Chinese | 峨眉山[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mount Emei ([ɤ̌.měɪ]; Chinese: 峨眉山[2]; pinyin: Éméi shān), alternatively Mount Omei, is a 3,099-metre-tall (10,167 ft) mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.[3] Mount Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as Daxiangling.[4] A large surrounding area of countryside is geologically known as the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, a large igneous province generated by the Emeishan Traps volcanic eruptions during the Permian Period.
Administratively, Mount Emei is located near the county-level city of the same name (Emeishan City), which is in turn part of the prefecture-level city of Leshan. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.[5]
- ^ "Topographic map of Emei". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ a b In the name "Emei", the character méi 眉 is sometimes written 嵋; the character "É" 峨 is occasionally written 峩.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Hayeswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ E.g., 实用中国地图集 (Shiyong Zhongguo Dituji, "Practical Atlas of China"), 2008, ISBN 978-7-5031-4772-2; map of Sichuan on pp. 142–143
- ^ "Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 2007-09-06.