Ngọc Linh Explained

Ngoc Linh
Elevation M:2598
Prominence M:2208
Map:Vietnam
Label Position:right
Listing:List of Ultras of Southeast Asia
Location:Vietnam
Range:Annamite Range
Coordinates:15.0667°N 107.9833°W
First Ascent:Unknown

Ngọc Linh (a Sino-Vietnamese name meaning "Jade Mountain") is a 2598adj=midNaNadj=mid mountain of the Annamite Range in Vietnam. It straddles the two provinces of Quảng Nam and Kon Tum.[1] It is considered "the roof of Southern Vietnam".

Panax vietnamensis (Vietnamese: sâm Ngọc Linh), a species of ginseng native to the South Central Coast and 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. [2] [3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Viet Nam Administrative Atlas. Cartographic Publishing House, Hanoi 2010
  2. Web site: An unusual tree frog discovered in the mountains of Vietnam.
  3. Web site: Magical Mekong: New Species Discoveries.
  4. Web site: Meet the Thorny Tree Frog: A striking new frog species from Vietnam.