Xueshan or Hsuehshan or Snow Mountain is the second highest mountain

Mountain

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 in Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 and in East Asia

East Asia

East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...

. At 3886 m (12,749 ft) above sea level.
It is located in the Shei-Pa National Park

Shei-Pa National Park

Shei-Pa National Park is a national park located in the central part of Taiwan around the peaks of Hsuehshan and Dabajian Mountain, with an area of . High mountain ecology, geology, topography, rivers, creek valleys, rare animals and plants and plentiful variety of forest types are some important...

 and it is visible in good weather from Taiwan's capital -Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

- nearby hills.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was known to Westerners as Mt. Sylvia. In 1923 (see Taiwan under Japanese rule

Taiwan under Japanese rule

Between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan was a dependency of the Empire of Japan. The expansion into Taiwan was a part of Imperial Japan's general policy of southward expansion during the late 19th century....

), the mountain gained the name Tsugitakayama (次高山) , literally the "Second Highest Mountain", because it was the second highest mountain in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 at that time (after Mt. Jade). It was designated part of the Tsugitaka-Taroko National Park (次高タロコ国立公園) by the Governor-General of Taiwan

Governor-General of Taiwan

The position of Governor-General of Taiwan existed when Taiwan and the Pescadores were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.The Japanese Governors-General were members of the Diet, civilian officials, Japanese nobles or generals...

 on December 12, 1937.

See also

• Xueshan Range
• Xueshan Tunnel
• List of mountains in Taiwan
• List of Ultras of East Asia