Chilung Volcano Group

Chilungshan (基隆山), one of the volcanoes, has a height of 588 m.

The Chilung Volcanoes (Chinese: 基隆火山群; pinyin: Jīlóng Huǒshān Qún) is a group of volcanoes located in northern Taiwan, lying to the east of Taipei and Keelung (Chilung), and adjoining the northern coast of the island of Taiwan. It comprises the largest gold-copper deposits of Taiwan.^[1]

References

↑ Yen, Tsang-Po; Tzou, Yu-Hua; Wu, Shing-Whrong (April 1979). "Geology of the Chilung volcano group district, northern Taiwan" (PDF). Journal of the Geological Society of China (in Chinese). 22: 94–104. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

Topography of Taiwan

Mountain ranges	Alishan Range Jialishan Range Central Mountain Range (Chungyang Range) Hai′an Range (Coastal Range) Xueshan Range Yushan Range

Plateaus and hill lands	Hsinchu Hills Linkou Plateau Miaoli Hills Pakua (Bagua) Plateau Taoyuan Plateau Dadu Plateau

Plains	Changhua (Zhanghua) Plain Chianan (Jianan) Plain Huatung (Huadong) Valley Pingtung (Pingdong) Plain Yilan Plain

Basins	Puli Basins Taichung Basin Taipei Basin Taiyuan Basin

Volcano groups	Chilung (Jilong) Volcanoes Tatun Volcanoes

* The place names listed above are mainly romanized as Wade–Giles that used in most of academic articles.

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Chilung Volcano Group

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