Yishan (Jade Mountain) National Park is the second national park in Taiwan. Covering an expanse of some 105,490 hectares, this is the biggest national park by area in Taiwan. East of the park is the Taitung Valley and Taitung Coastal Mountain Range. The west flank is the Alishan Mountain Range, where as the south flank consists of the South Cross-island Road and Kuanshan. The north flank is Tungpu Village and Zhintashan. The park area crosses Nantou, Chiayi, Hualien and Kaohsiung County.Yishan National Park’s landscape is made-up of highlands, rivers and valleys. There are more than 30 mountains of altitude 3,000 meters or higher. These include Yishan’s
main peak, Shiuku Mountain, Tafenchian Mountain and Mapolas Mountain. These mountain ranges are picturesque and majestic. Visitors will be enchanted by views of snow capped mountains, seas of clouds and highland colorful clouds etc.
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