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Mount Little Xuebaoding

Coordinates: 32°38′29″N 103°53′16″E / 32.64139°N 103.88778°E / 32.64139; 103.88778
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Mount Little Xuebaoding
Mount Little Xuebaoding is located in China
Mount Little Xuebaoding
Mount Little Xuebaoding
Location in China
Highest point
Elevation5,443 m (17,858 ft)
ListingUltra
Coordinates32°38′29″N 103°53′16″E / 32.64139°N 103.88778°E / 32.64139; 103.88778
Geography
LocationSongpan County, Sichuan,  China
Parent rangeMin Mountains
Climbing
First ascent2012 by an international team

Mount Little Xuebaoding (Chinese: 雪宝顶; lit. 'Snowy Treasure Peak'; Tibetan name:Shar Dung Ri) is a mountain near the easternmost edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China. With an elevation of 5,443 metres (17,858 ft), it is the second highest peak of the Min Mountains and the easternmost 5,000 m (16,400 ft) or higher peak on Earth. It is located in Songpan County of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

Little Xuebaoding was first climbed in May 2012 by an International team: Karim Adouane (France), Linda Eketoft (Sweden), Jon Otto (USA), Asu (China).

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