Mount Xuebaoding

Mount Xuebaoding
Highest point
Elevation5,588 m (18,333 ft)
Prominence2,057 m (6,749 ft)
ListingUltra
Coordinates32°40′33″N 103°50′48″E / 32.67583°N 103.84667°E / 32.67583; 103.84667
Geography
Mount Xuebaoding
Location in China
LocationSongpan County, Sichuan, China
Parent rangeMin Mountains
Climbing
First ascent1986 by a Japanese team
Easiest routesnow/ice/glacier climb

Mount Xuebaoding(Chinese: 雪宝顶; lit. 'Snowy Treasure Peak'; Standard Tibetan: Shar Dung Ri) is a mountain near the easternmost edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China. With an elevation of 5,588 metres (18,333 ft) it is the highest peak of the Min Mountains and is Earth's most easterly peak over 5,500 metres (18,000 ft). It is located in Songpan County of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

Xuebaoding was first climbed in 1986 by a joint Chinese-Japanese expedition.