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{{Short description|Mountain range in Taiwan}}
{{redirect|Middle Range|the mountain range on the Kamchatka Peninsula|Sredinny Range}}
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|t={{linktext|雪山|山脈}}
|s={{linktext|雪山|山脉}}
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The '''Xueshan Range'''<!--Chinese in infobox; see WP:MOS-ZH--> is a [[mountain range]] in northern [[Taiwan]]. It is bordered by the [[Chungyang Range]] to the southeast. The tallest peak of the Xueshan Range is [[Xueshan|Xueshan/Sekuwan]], which has a height of {{convert|3886|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. [[Shei-Pa National Park]] is located around the peaks of Xueshan and [[Dabajian Mountain|Dabajianshan]]. 

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==Names==
The current name derives from the [[pinyin]] [[romanization of Chinese|romanization]] of the [[Chinese language|Chinese]] name of the range's highest peak, [[Xueshan]]. The same name is sometimes written '''Hsüeh-shan''' or [[calque]]d as the '''Snow''' or {{nowrap|'''Snowy Mountain Range'''}}. [[Qing Taiwan|Under the Qing]], the range was also known variously as the '''Middle''', '''Western''', '''Dodds''',{{sfnp|''EB''|1879|p=416}} or the {{nowrap|'''Mt Sylvia Range'''.}}{{sfnp|Braithwaite|1907|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gI3ye0goRXoC&pg=PA106 106]}}

==List of peaks==
There are 54 peaks taller than {{convert|3000|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} located in the Xueshan Range, 19 of which are numbered among the [[100 Peaks of Taiwan]]:

*Xueshan Main Peak (雪山主峰), {{convert|3886|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Xueshan Eastern Peak (雪山東峰), {{convert|3201|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Xueshan Northern Peak (雪山北峰), {{convert|3703|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*[[Dasyueshan|Daxueshan]] (大雪山), {{convert|3530|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Zhongxueshan (中雪山), {{convert|3173|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Huoshishan (火石山), {{convert|3310|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Touyingshan (頭鷹山), {{convert|3510|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Zhijiayangdashan (志佳陽大山), {{convert|3289|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Dabajianshan (大霸尖山), {{convert|3490|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Xiaobajianshan (小霸尖山), {{convert|3445|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Baigudashan (白姑大山), {{convert|3342|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Yizeshan (伊澤山), {{convert|3497|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Dajianshan (大劍山), {{convert|3594|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Jianshan (劍山]), {{convert|3253|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Jiayangshan (佳陽山), {{convert|3314|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Pintianshan (品田山), {{convert|3524|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Chiyoushan (池有山), {{convert|3303|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Taoshan (桃山), {{convert|3325|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
*Kalayeshan (喀拉業山), {{convert|3133|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

==See also==
* [[Hsuehshan Tunnel]]

==References==
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===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
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* {{citation |contribution=[[s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Formosa|Formosa]] |title=Encyclopaedia Britannica, ''9th ed., Vol.&nbsp;IX'' |editor-last=Baynes |editor-first=Thomas Spencer |display-editors=0 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |date=1879 |ref={{harvid|''EB''|1879}} |pages=415–17 }}.
* {{citation |last=Takekoshi |first=Yosaburo |editor-last=Braithwaite |editor-first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gI3ye0goRXoC |title=Japanese Rule in Formosa |publisher=Longmans, Green, & Co. |location=London |date=1907 |ref={{harvid|Braithwaite|1907}} }}
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{{Topography of Taiwan}}

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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Taiwan]]
[[Category:Landforms of Taichung]]
[[Category:Landforms of Miaoli County]]
[[Category:Landforms of Hsinchu County]]

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