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Asia

Range Type	Continent
Area	0 sq km / 0 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	29,023 km / 18,034 mi North-South 26,068 km / 16,198 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	39° 30' N; 122° 31' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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The World	Level 0 (Parent)
North America	Level 1 (Sibling)
South America	Level 1 (Sibling)
Europe	Level 1 (Sibling)
Asia	Level 1 (Sibling)
Central Siberia	Level 2 (Child)
Eastern Siberia	Level 2 (Child)
Baikal Area Ranges	Level 2 (Child)
Mongolia Ranges	Level 2 (Child)
East China	Level 2 (Child)
Korea-Amur Area	Level 2 (Child)
Japanese Archipelago	Level 2 (Child)
Southeast Asia	Level 2 (Child)
Malay Archipelago	Level 2 (Child)
Philippines	Level 2 (Child)
Africa	Level 1 (Sibling)
Australia-Oceania	Level 1 (Sibling)
Antarctica	Level 1 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Asia

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range2
1.	Klyuchevskaya Sopka	4750	15,584	Eastern Siberia
2.	Gora Belukha	4506	14,783	Mongolia Ranges
3.	Tavan Bogd Uul	4374	14,350	Mongolia Ranges
4.	Hung-Wang Shan High Point	4330	14,206	East China
5.	Munkh Khairkhan	4231	13,881	Mongolia Ranges
6.	Sutay Uul	4220	13,845	Mongolia Ranges
7.	Tsast Uul	4193	13,757	Mongolia Ranges
8.	Severo-Chuyskiy Khrebet High Point	4177	13,704	Mongolia Ranges
9.	Kinabalu	4095	13,435	Malay Archipelago
10.	Yao Shan	4050	13,287	East China
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range2
1.	Klyuchevskaya Sopka	4750	15,584	Eastern Siberia
2.	Gora Belukha	4506	14,783	Mongolia Ranges
3.	Hung-Wang Shan High Point	4330	14,206	East China
4.	Kinabalu	4095	13,435	Malay Archipelago
5.	Saramati	3826	12,552	Southeast Asia
6.	Fuji-san	3776	12,388	Japanese Archipelago
7.	Gora Munku-Sardyk	3491	11,453	Central Siberia
8.	Pik BAM	3072	10,079	Baikal Area Ranges
9.	Mount Apo	2954	9692	Philippines
10.	Paektu-san	2744	9003	Korea-Amur Area

Photos of Peaks in the Asia

Kinabalu: The rocky towers of Kinabalu tower over the jungles of Borneo in this view from the National Park headquarters.

Yushan: The final summit block of Yu Shan, with the southeast face in shade in the early morning sun.

Syue Shan: The summit monument on Syue Shan, Taiwan’s second highest peak.

Fuji-san: From afar, Fuji is a beautiful pyramid, but the actual summit is a rocky pile on the crater rim, crowned with a radar station.

Fan Si Pan: This pyramid monument sits atop the high point of Vietnam, Fan Si Pan.

Gunung Agung: A Balinese guide in front of the summit--he refused to go any further, not wanting to tread on the summit of a holy mountain.

Paektu-san: The summit crater rim of Paektu-san, near the China-North Korea border.

Phnom Aural: The highest point of Cambodia, Phnom Aural, is marked by this small Buddhist temple in the middle of the jungle.

Tai Mo Shan: Hong Kong's highest hill is crowned with a radar station, now probably controlled by the Chinese Army and even harder to visit than it was in 1996.

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