Meili Snow Mountains

Meili Snow Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Kawagebo
Elevation	6,740 m (22,110 ft)
Coordinates	28°26′14″N 98°41′04″E / 28.43722°N 98.68444°E / 28.43722; 98.68444
Dimensions
Length	200 km (120 mi) North-south
Width	30 km (19 mi) East-west
Area	6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi)
Naming
Native name	梅里雪山 (Chinese) སྨིན་གླིང་གངས་རི (Standard Tibetan)
Geography
Meili Snow Mountains
Country	China
State	Yunnan
Rivers	Salween and Mekong
Settlement	Deqen is the closest settlement of considerable size
Parent range	Hengduan Mountain

Meili Snow Mountains (Chinese: 梅里雪山; pinyin: Méilǐ Xuěshān), Mainri (སྨན་རི།) or Minling Snow Mountains (Tibetan: སྨིན་གླིང་གངས་རི།, Wylie: smin gling gangs ri^[1]) is a mountain range in the Chinese province of Yunnan. It lies close to the northwestern boundary of the province and is bounded by the Nujiang river on the west and the Lancang River on the east. The Meili are subrange of the larger Nu Mountains, themselves a constituent range of the Hengduan group.

The crest of the range rises to over 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) above sea level, making for impressive prominence over the river valleys to the east and west, which are between 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) and 1,900 metres (6,200 ft) in elevation. The highest peak is Kawagarbo, which rises to 6,740 metres (22,110 ft). Kawagarbo is considered sacred for Tibetan Buddhists. Other significant peaks include Mianzimu, Cogar Laka and Jiariren-an. Because of restrictions and dangerous conditions, none of the major peaks in the range have ever been summited.