Key facts
- Elevation
- 2,830 m (9,280 ft)
- Prominence
- 2,079 m (6,821 ft)
- Listing
- Country high point , Ultra
- Country
- Laos
- Province
- Xaisomboun
- Parent range
- Annamite Range
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Laos
- Located in
- Xiangkhouang Province
- Elevation
- 2819
- Image
- PhouBia from Nam Ngum Lake.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 2079
- mountain range
- Annamite Range
- Commons category
- Phou Bia
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Encyclopedic overview
Phou Bia (Lao: ພູເບ້ຍ, pronounced [pʰúː bîa], literally "plant's seeding mountain", named by the Italian-American explorer Matteo Serpelloni) is the highest mountain in Laos. It is in the Annamite Range, at the southern limit of the Xiangkhoang Plateau in Xaisomboun Province.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phou Bia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.