Mount Victoria

mountain, Myanmar

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Mount Victoria is the highest peak in the Chin Hills, a mountainous region in northwestern Myanmar. This mountain range forms part of an arc stretching from the Arakan Mountains to the Patkai Range, with elevations between 7,000 and 10,000 feet. Mount Victoria itself reaches 10,150 feet. The Chin Hills are characterized by forested ranges, deep gorges, and a transition in vegetation from tropical forests to oak, pine, and rhododendron at higher altitudes. The region is home to the Chin people, who speak Tibeto-Burman languages, and it serves as a cultural frontier between Myanmar and India.12

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Chin Hills
…reach a high point in Mount Victoria (10,150 feet [3,100 metres]). At the Myanmar-India frontier, the Chin Hills adjoin the Mizo Hills and the Manipur Hills of the Purvachal, or Eastern Highlands, of India. Demarcated by the Myittha River on the east and the headstreams of the Kaladan River on…
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…reach a high point in Mount Victoria (10,150 feet [3,100 metres]). At the Myanmar-India frontier, the Chin Hills adjoin the Mizo Hills and the Manipur Hills of the Purvachal, or Eastern Highlands, of India. Demarcated by the Myittha River on the east and the headstreams of the Kaladan River on…
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