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Mount Wangwu

The 2526th highest mountain range in the world

571m

Mount Wangwu (pinyin: Wángwū Shān) is a mountain situated about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north west of Jiyuan City in China's Henan province. Located in the Wangwushan-Yuntaishan National Park, Mount Wangwu is a famous Taoist site that includes the "Celestial Grotto of the Small Pristine Void", one of the Ten Grotto-heavens of Taoism. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor used an altar on top of the mountain to offer sacrifices to Heaven or Tian where he received the Book of Nine Elixirs, one of the earliest Chinese alchemical texts.

Location: People's Republic of China.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.

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