Central Mountains
The Central Mountains is a mountain range that runs from the south of the island to near Taipei in the north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,602 metres
- Description: mountain range in Taiwan
- Also known as: “Central Mountain Barrier”, “Central Mountain Range”, “Chi-liang Shan-mo”, “Chung-yang Shan”, “Chung-yang Shan-mai”, “Chung-yang Shan-mo”, “Chung-Yang-Mountain-Range”, “Jhongyang Shanmo”, “T’ai-wan Shan”, and “T’ai-wan Shan-mo”
Central Mountains
- Categories: non-geologically related mountain range and landform
- Location: Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Atayal to Yue Chinese—“Central Mountains” goes by many names.
- Atayal: “Turu rgyax”
- Catalan: “Chungyang”
- Cebuano: “Zhongyang Shanmo”
- Central Kurdish: “زنجیرەی چیای ناوەندی”
- Chinese: “Tiong-iong Soaⁿ-me̍h”
- Chinese: “中央山脉”
- Chinese: “中央山脈”
- Chinese: “台湾山”
- Chinese: “台灣屋脊”
- Chinese: “脊樑山脈”
- Dutch: “Chungyang Shan”
- Esperanto: “Tajvana Centra Montaro”
- French: “chaîne Centrale”
- French: “Chaîne Centrale”
- German: “Taiwanisches Zentralgebirge”
- Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-ông Sân-ma̍k”
- Italian: “Central Mountain Range”
- Japanese: “中央山脈”
- Japanese: “台湾山脈”
- Kalaallisut: “Central Mountain Range”
- Korean: “중앙 산맥”
- Korean: “중앙산맥”
- Korean: “중양 산맥”
- Korean: “중양산맥”
- Ladin: “Ciadëina Zentrela dl Taiwan”
- Lithuanian: “Džongjango kalnagūbris”
- Lithuanian: “Žongjango kalnagūbris”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-iang-soaⁿ-lêng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-iang-soaⁿ-me̍h”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-iong Soaⁿ-lêng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-iong-soaⁿ-lêng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-iong-soaⁿ-me̍h”
- Mongolian: “Гол нуруу”
- Paiwan: “vecekadan tua gadu nua i taiwan”
- Russian: “Тайваньшань”
- Russian: “Центральный горный хребет”
- Russian: “Чжунъяншань”
- Spanish: “Cordillera Central”
- Taroko: “Ddgiyaq Ckcek”
- Thai: “เทือกเขากลาง”
- Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Trung Ương”
- Yue Chinese: “中央山脈”
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