Tiger Leaping Gorge
The Tiger Leaping Gorge trek, near Lijiang in Yunnan, is one of the finest treks through some of the most naturally beautiful and diverse landscapes China has to offer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hutiaoxia Town.
Hutiaoxia Town
Town
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Hutiaoxia Town, formerly Qiaotou, is a small town located on the Yangtze River in Shangri-La County adjacent to Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, China. Hutiaoxia is the south end of the famous Tiger Leaping Gorge hiking route, the other end of which is Daju in Lijiang. Hutiaoxia Town is situated 7 km west of Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Tiger Leaping Gorge
- Type: Tourist attraction with an elevation of 1,949 metres
- Description: River canyon in China
- Categories: canyon and tourism
- Location: Yunnan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.2044° or 27° 12′ 16″ northLongitude
100.12065° or 100° 7′ 14″ eastElevation
1,949 metres (6,394 feet)Open location code
7PV2643C+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 774523525OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Tiger Leaping Gorge” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Foz del Saltu del Tigre”
- Bengali: “টাইগার লিপিং গর্জ”
- Catalan: “Gola del Salt del Tigre”
- Cebuano: “Hutiao Xia”
- Chinese: “虎跳峡”
- Chinese: “虎跳峽”
- Czech: “soutěska Skákajícího tygra”
- Danish: “Tigerspringkløften”
- Dutch: “Hutiao Xia”
- Dutch: “Tijgersprongkloof”
- French: “Gorge du Saut du tigre”
- French: “gorges du Saut du tigre”
- French: “Gorges du Saut du Tigre”
- German: “Tiger-Sprung-Schlucht”
- German: “Tigersprung-Schlucht”
- Indonesian: “Lembah Harimau Loncat”
- Italian: “Gola del Salto della Tigre”
- Japanese: “虎跳峡”
- Macedonian: “Сатеска „Тигров Скок“”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tigersprangkløften”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tigersprangjuvet”
- Norwegian: “Tigersprangkløften”
- Persian: “دره پرش ببر”
- Polish: “Wąwóz Skaczącego Tygrysa”
- Russian: “Ущелье прыгающего тигра”
- Russian: “Ущелье Прыгающего Тигра”
- Slovenian: “Soteska Tigrovega skoka”
- Spanish: “Garganta del Salto del Tigre”
- Swedish: “Hutiao Xia”
- Thai: “ช่องเขาเสือกระโจน”
- Turkish: “Sıçrayan Kaplan Boğazı”
- Vietnamese: “Hổ Điêu Hiệp”
- Vietnamese: “Hổ Khiêu Hiệp”
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