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Yushan National Park () is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the summit Yushan, the highest peak of the park.〔(Taiwan's National Park Website. )〕 The park covers a total of 103,121 hectares including large sections of the Central Mountain Range. The park contains over thirty peaks more than 3,000 meters in elevation, and two-thirds of the area within the park is above 2,000 meters. The elevation difference in the park is 3,600 meters, and there are many canyons, cliffs, and valleys. Because its remote location and entry control, Yushan National Park is not among the most visited national parks in Taiwan. Even so, the park still attracted 973,821 visitors in 2011.〔(Visitor Statistics of Taiwan's National Parks. )〕 ==Geology== Taiwan, which owes its existence to the power of plate tectonics, remains a place of regular seismic activity. Examples of geological features such as fault lines, joints, and folding can be seen throughout Yushan National Park: * ''Great Precipice'' (大峭壁) — Great Precipice ((23.4683339 120.9396649 )) is located 1.2 km before Paiyun Lodge (排雲山莊) on the Yushan Trail. A precipitous cliff with fossils of ancient marine species and a few wavy marks in the rock can still remind us its oceanic past. * Scree slope at the foot of Main Peak * Fault scarp in ''Laonong'' (荖濃) between Main Peak and ''Batongguan'' (八通關) * ''Fuzi Cliff'' (父子斷崖) and ''Guanshan Cliff'' (關山斷崖) The southern ''Cross Island Highway'' and ''Yushan Scenic Highway'' both offer countless opportunities to witness the area’s special geological features.〔 (Yushan National Park Website. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yushan National Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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