Mount Emei

Mount Emei (̌.měɪ]; Chinese: 峨眉山; pinyin: Éméi shān), alternatively Mount Omei, is a 3,099-metre-tall (10,167 ft) mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. Mount Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as Daxiangling. A large surrounding area of countryside is geologically known as the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, a large igneous province generated by the Emeishan Traps volcanic eruptions during the Permian Period.

Mount Emei
Emei Shan
Highest point
Elevation3,099 m (10,167 ft)
Prominence1,069 m (3,507 ft)
ListingMountains of China
Coordinates29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E
Geography
Mount Emei
Mount Emei
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
MunicipalityEmeishan City
Official nameMount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
TypeMixed
Criteriaiv, vi, x
Designated1996 (20th session)
Reference no.779
RegionAsia-Pacific
Mount Emei
"Mount Emei" in Chinese characters
Chinese峨眉山

Administratively, Mount Emei is located near the county-level city of the same name (Emeishan City), which is in turn part of the prefecture-level city of Leshan. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

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