Ngọc Linh

Ngọc Linh (a Sino-Vietnamese name meaning "Jade Mountain") is a 2,598-metre-high (8,524 ft)^[a] mountain of the Annamite Range in Vietnam.

Ngọc Linh
Vietnam
Highest point
Elevation	2,598 m (8,524 ft)
Prominence	2,208 m (7,244 ft)
Listing	List of Ultras of Southeast Asia Ribu
Coordinates	15°04′00″N 107°59′00″E
Geography
Location	Vietnam
Parent range	Annamite Range
Climbing
First ascent	Unknown

History

Its name Ngọc-linh liên-sơn (Ngoc-linh Mountains) was originated from Ngơl k'iàng or Ngơk kariàng in Jeh-Tariang language. It means "the great mountain".

It straddles the two provinces of Quảng Nam and Kon Tum.^[2] It is considered "the roof of Southern Vietnam".

Culture

Panax vietnamensis (Vietnamese: sâm Ngọc Linh), a species of ginseng native to the South Central Coast and Central Highlands regions of Vietnam first identified as a separate species in 1973, is especially common on and around mount Ngọc Linh.

The area of Ngọc Linh mountain is also the only known habitat of Gracixalus lumarius or thorny tree frog and of the similar Gracixalus trieng or Trieng tree frog.^[3][4][5]