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23°31′38″N 120°43′40″E / 23.52722°N 120.72778°E / 23.52722; 120.72778

Alishan Mountain Range
Highest point
Elevation	2,663 m (8,737 ft)
Dimensions
Length	90 km (56 mi)
Naming
Native name	阿里山山脈群 (Chinese)
Geography
Location	Taiwan
Geology
Mountain type	Mountain range

The Alishan Range (Chinese: 阿里山山脈; pinyin: Ālǐ Shān Shānmài) is a mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan. It is separated by the Qishan River from the Yushan Range, the tallest range in Taiwan, to the east of the Alishan Range. The highest peak of the Alishan Range is Datashan (大塔山), which has a height of 2,663 m (8,737 ft). There is a famous Taiwanese song called "Alishan de Guniang" which is about a girl in the Alishan mountains. The name Ali Shan seems to be taken from the word "Alit", which in several Taiwanese indigenous languages means "ancestor mountain".

See also

• Alishan National Scenic Area
• Alishan Forest Railway

References

1. People's Republic of China year-book. Xinhua Pub. House. 2006. p. 35.
2. "Alishan". Taiwan.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

v t e Topography of Taiwan
Mountain ranges	Alishan Range Jialishan Range Central Mountain Range (Chungyang Range) Hai'an Range (Coastal Range) Xueshan Range Yushan Range
Plateaus and hill lands	Hsinchu Hills Linkou Plateau Miaoli Hills Pakua (Bagua) Plateau Taoyuan Plateau Dadu Plateau
Plains	Changhua (Zhanghua) Plain Chiayi–Tainan Plain Huadong Valley Pingtung (Pingdong) Plain Yilan Plain
Basins	Puli Basins Taichung Basin Taipei Basin Taiyuan Basin
Volcano groups	Chilung (Jilong) Volcanoes Tatun Volcanoes
* The place names listed above are mainly romanized as Wade–Giles that used in most of academic articles.

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