Hkakabo Razi
| Hkakabo Razi | |
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| ခါကာဘိုရာဇီ | |
 Hkakabo Razi
Location in Myanmar (on the border tri-point with India and Tibet)
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,881 m (19,295 ft) |
| Listing | Country high point |
| Coordinates | 28°19′42″N 97°32′08″E / 28.32833°N 97.53556°ECoordinates: 28°19′42″N 97°32′08″E / 28.32833°N 97.53556°E |
| Geography | |
| Location |
Kachin, Myanmar Tibet, China |
| Parent range | Himalaya |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 15 September 1996 |
| Easiest route | snow/ice climb |
Hkakabo Razi (Burmese: ခါကာဘိုရာဇီ, pronounced: [kʰàkàbò ɹàzì]; simplified Chinese: 开加博峰; traditional Chinese: 開加博峰; pinyin: Kāijiābó Fēng) is Burma's probably highest mountain, and with its height of 5,881 m (19,295 ft) the probable highest mountain in South East Asia. It is located in the northern Myanmar state of Kachin in an outlying subrange of the Greater Himalayan mountain system near the border tri-point with India and China. Its highest status has recently been challenged by Gamlang Razi, 6.6 km WSW on the Chinese border.
The peak is enclosed within Hkakabo Razi National Park. The park is entirely mountainous and is characterized by broad-leaved evergreen rain forest, a sub-tropical temperate zone from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400–2,700 m), then broad-leaved, semi-deciduous forest and finally needle-leaved evergreen, snow forest. Above 11,000 feet (3,400 m), the highest forest zone is alpine, different not only in kind from the forest, but different in history and origin. Still higher up, around 15,000 feet (4,600 m), cold, barren, windswept terrain and permanent snow and glaciers dominate. At around 17,500 feet (5,300 m), there is a large ice cap with several outlet glaciers.
Hkakabo Razi was established as a natural reserve on January 30, 1996 and as a national park on November 10, 1998. The Khakaborazi National Park is the last stronghold for biodiversity in Myanmar. Extraordinarily rich flora and fauna, ranging from lowland tropical to alpine species still await proper research and identification. They have barely been studied, and the park remains an excellent center for field study for students of botany, geology, zoology and geography.
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