Fansipan
Sign in to saveFansipan (Vietnamese: Phan Xi Păng , ) is a mountain in Vietnam. Its height was originally measured at in 1909, but this value was later adjusted to . It is the highest mountain on the Indochinese peninsula (comprising Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia), hence its nickname, "the Roof of Indochina". It is located in the Lào Cai province of the Northwest region of Vietnam, southwest of Sa Pa, in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Administratively, it is shared between Tam Đường District, Lai Châu and Sa Pa town.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Fansipan
- Mountain.other_name
- Phan Xi Păng
- Mountain.photo
- Fansipan_Summit.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Monument at the summit of Fansipan
- Mountain.photo_size
- 200
- Mountain.country
- Vietnam
- Mountain.region
- Lai Châu, Lào Cai
- Mountain.district
- Tam Đường, Sa Pa
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3147.3
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1617
- Mountain.listing
- Country high pointUltraRibu
- Mountain.location
- Lào Cai Province, Vietnam
- Mountain.map
- Vietnam
- Mountain.map_size
- 200
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Cable car
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Geology
- Summit mark
- Climbing
- Hiking
- Cable car
- See also
- References
Fansipan (Vietnamese: Phan Xi Păng , ) is a mountain in Vietnam. Its height was originally measured at in 1909, but this value was later adjusted to . It is the highest mountain on the Indochinese peninsula (comprising Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia), hence its nickname, "the Roof of Indochina". It is located in the Lào Cai province of the Northwest region of Vietnam, southwest of Sa Pa, in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Administratively, it is shared between Tam Đường District, Lai Châu and Sa Pa town.
==Etymology== The origin of the name Phan Xi Păng is unclear. The most commonly accepted theory is that it evolved from Hủa Xi Pan ("the tottering giant rock")—the name that the locals called the mountain, based on its shape. Another theory suggests that the name came from the Hmong people, as it means "azalea mountain" in their language, due to the prevalence of azaleas and other species of the Rhododendron genus on the mountain.