Mount Tangjia

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Mount Tangjia (唐家山)
Highest point
Elevation c. 780 meters (2,560 ft)
Geography
Location Sichuan, China

Mount Tangjia (Chinese :唐家山; pinyin :Tángjiā Shān) is a mountain in Sichuan Province, China, 3.2 kilometers (2.0 mi) away from the county seat of Beichuan County. [1]

It overlooks the Jian River and Tangjiashan Lake, a landslide dam-created lake which was formed by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

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References

  1. 挺进悬顶之湖——唐家山堰塞湖勘查纪实 (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-06-02.

Coordinates: 31°53′00″N104°25′59″E / 31.88333°N 104.43306°E / 31.88333; 104.43306