Portal:Taiwan/Did you know/5




 * ... that the Formosan black bear (pictured) is an endangered and endemic species of bear that can only be found in Taiwan?


 * ... that Jade Mountain, at 3,952 meters (13,114 feet), is the tallest mountain in Taiwan. Did you also know that it stands 176 meters taller than Mount Fuji in Japan, and that it was named Niitakayama, or 'new tall mountain' during Japanese rule?


 * ... that Gueishan Island is an islet formed by the only active volcano in Taiwan?