List of mountains named The Sleeping Lady explained

The Sleeping Woman is a name or nickname for certain mountain formations located in different places in the world that are said to look like a reclining or deceased woman in the local tradition.

Ranges by the name of "The Sleeping Lady"

Mount Chenoua, according to local tradition the mountain range looks like a reclining pregnant woman.[2]

Phnom Kong Rei.[3]

Morne Larcher (Larcher Hill) called " la femme couchée" (the sleeping woman) is located in Diamant, Martinique.

Iztaccíhuatl

Den Sovende Dronning (The Sleeping Queen), also known as Skjomtind, a mountain range near Narvik, Norway.

Sleeping Beauty of Quetta. A Mountain called 'Sleeping Beauty' is also located in Quetta, Pakistan.

Sleeping Beauty, mountain in Kalinga province, northern Philippines.

Mount Guanyin, in New Taipei City Taiwan.

Similarly named mountains

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nps.gov/tica/learn/historyculture/the-legend-of-timpanogos.htm The Legend of Timpanogos
  2. Algérie, les guides bleus, Hachette, Paris, 1974, p. 197
  3. http://picasaweb.google.com/105118955749102400357/KampongChhnang#5011194486340177538 Kong Rei Mountain
  4. http://www.weihsien-paintings.org/KimSmith/PhotosSketches/Kunming/p_a001.htm Western Mountain Forest Reserve.
  5. http://www.danxiashan.org.cn/html/2013/dxmw_0917/2667.html Danxia Range - Sleeping Maiden
  6. Book: Clammer, Paul. Morocco p.192. 2009. Lonely Planet. 536. 9781741049718.