🌲 Yangmingshan National Park

Taiwan · Asia · National Park · 25.18°N, 121.55°E

Yangmingshan National Park, located in both Taipei and New Taipei City, is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan. The districts that are partially in the park include Taipei's Beitou and Shilin Districts; and New Taipei's Wanli, Jinshan, Sanzhi and Tamsui Districts. The national park is known for its cherry blossoms, hot springs, sulfur deposits, fumaroles, venomous snakes, and hiking trails, including Taiwan's tallest dormant volcano, Qixing Mountain rising to 1,120 m (3,675 ft). In June 2020, Yangmingshan National Park was certified as the world's first Urban Quiet Park Quiet Parks International in recognition of World Environment Day.

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Quick facts

Country	Taiwan
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	25.18°N, 121.55°E · view on map

Yangmingshan National Park is a national park in Taiwan, in Asia. The details of why Yangmingshan National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Taiwan

Yushan National Park · Kinmen National Park · Taroko National Park · Kenting National Park · Shei-Pa National Park · Dongsha Atoll National Park · Taijiang National Park · South Penghu Marine National Park · Wazihwei Nature Reserve.

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