Map of Mysterious Mt. Meili PublishedThe first version of the map of snow-capped Meili Mountain in southwest China's Yunnan Province has been published in both Chinese and English by the Xi'an Map Publishing House.The glacier mountain, 6,740 meters above sea level, attracts a large number of mountain climbers and scientists every year. However, the lack of a map had created many difficulties for the adventurers, including some of whom have lost their lives on the mountain. Mi Desheng, a research fellow with the Lanzhou Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in northwest Gansu Province, has spent years in Mt. Meili collecting geographic data with advanced remote- sensoring devices, and drew the map with a 1 : 1 million scale. The map specifies the location of glaciers and vegetation genres in the mountain, and describes different climate features and road conditions in the area. |
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