Hkakabo Razi

Hkakabo Razi (Burmese: ခါကာဘရ

ို ာဇီ, pronounced [kʰàkàbò
ɹàzì]; simplified Chinese: 开加博峰; traditional Chinese: 開加博峯
; pinyin: Kāijiābó Fēng or Chinese: 卡加伯拉吉山) is believed to
be Myanmar's highest mountain, and with its height of 5,881 meters
(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
tripoint with India and China. Its highest status has recently been
challenged by Gamlang Razi (5870 m), located about 6.6 kilometers
(4.1 mi) WSW on the Chinese border.[2]

The peak is enclosed within Khakaborazi 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 (1.5–1.7 mi), then broad-leaved, semi-deciduous forest and
finally needle-leaved evergreen, snow forest. Above 11,000 feet
(2.1 mi), 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.