Yü-shan Weather Tower
Yü-shan Weather Tower is a meteorological station in Dongpu Village, Xinyi Township, Taiwan Province and has an elevation of 3,779 metres. Yü-shan Weather Tower is situated nearby to the monitoring station Yushan Weather Station, as well as near Yushan North Peak.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yushan and Yushan North Peak.
Yushan
Photo: 神武禦皇, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yushan, also known as Jade Mountain or Mt. Jade, at 3952m, is the highest mountain in Taiwan. It has also been claimed to be the tallest mountain in East Asia, but this depends on how one defines "East Asia".
Yushan North Peak
Peak
Photo: Peellden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yushan North Peak is a mountain of the Yushan Range located in the Yushan National Park. With a height of 3,858 m, it is the 4th tallest mountain in Taiwan and the 3rd tallest in the Yushan Range.
Yushan Weather Station
Monitoring station
Photo: chungeric0713, Public domain.
The Yushan weather station is a weather station operated by the Central Weather Administration. Yushan Weather Station is situated 120 metres north of Yü-shan Weather Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Batongguan.
Yü-shan Weather Tower
- Type: Meteorological station
- Also known as: “Yü-shan Ch’i-hsiang Ts’e-chan”, “Yü-shan Ch’i-hsiang Ts’e-hou-chan”, “Yushan Cisiang Cejhan”, and “Yushan Qixiang Cezhan”
- Location: Dongpu Village, Xinyi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan Province, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.48623° or 23° 29′ 10″ northLongitude
120.9594° or 120° 57′ 34″ eastElevation
3,779 metres (12,398 feet)Open location code
7QM2FXP5+FQGeoNames ID
6725059
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Satellite Map
Discover Yü-shan Weather Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“Yü-shan Weather Tower” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “玉山氣象測站”
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