Ngọc Linh

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Ngọc Linh (a Sino-Vietnamese name meaning "Jade Mountain") is a 2,598 m mountain of the Annamite Range in Vietnam.

Name

Its name Ngọc-linh liên-sơn (Ngoc-linh Mountains) was originated from Ngơl k'iàng or Ngơk kariàng in Jeh-Tariang language. It means "the great mountain".

History

It straddles the two provinces of Quảng Nam and Kon Tum. It is considered "the roof of Southern Vietnam".

Culture

Panax vietnamensis, a species of ginseng native to the South Central Coast and Central Highlands regions of Vietnam first identified as a separate species in 1973, is especially common on and around mount Ngọc Linh. The area of Ngọc Linh mountain is also the only known habitat of Gracixalus lumarius or thorny tree frog and of the similar Gracixalus trieng or Trieng tree frog.

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