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{{Short description|Mountain in Vietnam}}
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'''Ngọc Linh''' (a [[Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary|Sino-Vietnamese]] name meaning "Jade Mountain") is a {{convert|2,598|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}}{{efn|or 2208<ref>[http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10963 Ngọc Linh - Peakbagger.com]</ref>}} mountain of the [[Annamite Range]] in Vietnam.
==History==
Its name '''Ngọc-linh liên-sơn''' (Ngoc-linh Mountains) was originated from '''Ngơl k'iàng''' or '''Ngơk kariàng''' in [[Jeh-Tariang]] language. It means "the great mountain".

It straddles the two provinces of [[Quảng Nam Province|Quảng Nam]] and [[Kon Tum Province|Kon Tum]].<ref>''Viet Nam Administrative Atlas''. Cartographic Publishing House, Hanoi 2010</ref> It is considered "the roof of Southern Vietnam".

==Culture==
''[[Panax vietnamensis]]'' ({{langx|vi|sâm Ngọc Linh}}), a species of [[ginseng]] native to the [[South Central Coast]] and [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]] regions of [[Vietnam]] first identified as a separate species in 1973, is especially common on and around mount Ngọc Linh.

The [[area]] of Ngọc Linh mountain is also the only known habitat of ''[[Gracixalus lumarius]]'' or thorny tree frog and of the similar ''[[Gracixalus trieng]]'' or Trieng tree frog.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australian.museum/blog/amri-news/new-tree-frog-vietnam/|title=An unusual tree frog discovered in the mountains of Vietnam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greatermekong.panda.org/discovering_the_greater_mekong/species/new_species/magical_mekong/#frog|title = Magical Mekong: New Species Discoveries}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://australian.museum/blog-archive/science/amri-thorny-tree-frog/|title = Meet the Thorny Tree Frog: A striking new frog species from Vietnam}}</ref>

==Notes and references==
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==Further reading==
*[http://zmmu.msu.ru/rjt/articles/article.php?volume=5&issue=2&pages=85-92 Notes on mammals of the Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province)]
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[[Category:Mountains of Vietnam]]
[[Category:Landforms of Kon Tum province]]
[[Category:Landforms of Quảng Nam province]]
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