Ngọc Linh
Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain Ngọc Linh (a Sino-Vietnamese name meaning "Jade Mountain") is a Template:ConvertTemplate:Efn mountain of the Annamite Range in Vietnam.
History
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".
It’s located in the province Quảng Nam and the former province of Kon Tum.<ref>Viet Nam Administrative Atlas. Cartographic Publishing House, Hanoi 2010</ref> It is considered "the roof of Southern Vietnam".
Culture
Panax vietnamensis (Template:Langx), 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>