Doi Inthanon

<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2>
<p>Doi Inthanon is the highest peak of the Inthanon Range (<a href="/facts/Thai_language/PnaLdG77">Thai</a>: ทิวเขาอินทนนท์) of the <a href="/facts/Thanon_Thong_Chai_Range/eDqYRKSl">Thanon Thong Chai Range</a>, a subrange of the <a href="/facts/Shan_Hills/kB8s6n4n">Shan Hills</a> in the <a href="/facts/Thai_highlands/LgS5lvQx">Thai highlands</a> stretching southwards from the <a href="/facts/Daen_Lao_Range/pCmUwetF">Daen Lao Range</a>. This range, the southwesternmost of the <a href="/facts/Shan_Highland/kB8s6n4n">Shan Highland</a> system, separates the <a href="/facts/Salween/BWTmSnLh">Salween</a> watershed from the <a href="/facts/Mekong/8Y6UHaWA">Mekong</a> watershed. Other high peaks of the Daen Lao Range are Doi Luang Chiang Dao (2,175 metres (7,136 ft)), Doi Pui (1,685 metres (5,528 ft)), and <a href="/facts/Doi_Suthep/cIthEwDE">Doi Suthep</a> (1,601 metres (5,253 ft)).
</p><p>In 1954, the forests around Doi Inthanon were conserved, creating <a href="/facts/Doi_Inthanon_National_Park/xbXthjtB">Doi Inthanon National Park</a>, as one of the original 14 <a href="/facts/National_parks_(Thailand)/XKVboB8N">national parks</a> of Thailand.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> This park now covers 482.4 km2 and spreads from the lowlands at 800 metres (2,625 ft) elevation up to the peak at 2,565 metres (8,415 ft). Given the varied climatic and ecological areas regions, the park supports a range of animal species, including over 360 bird species.
</p><p>On the lower slopes of Doi Inthanon, near the <a href="/facts/Karen_people/1BCdjXg1">Karen</a> <a href="/facts/Hill_tribe_(Thailand)/bGgswvR5">hill tribe</a> village, Ban Sop Had, are the Wachirathan waterfalls (<a href="/facts/Thai_language/PnaLdG77">Thai</a>: น้ำตกวชิรธาร), where the <a href="/facts/Wachirathan_Falls/kc4np58u">Wachirathan</a> (lit. "Diamond Creek") tumbles over a granite <a href="/facts/Escarpment/apJ1d2XB">escarpment</a>. (<a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Doi_Inthanon¶ms=18.54179_N_98.599247_E_">18°32′30″N 98°35′57″E / 18.541790°N 98.599247°E / 18.541790; 98.599247</a>)
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<h2 id="climate">Climate</h2>
<p>The climate is typically tropical and fairly cool on the summit of Doi Inthanon. In the winter, the average temperature is 6 °C (43 °F) in January and temperatures can sometimes drop below 0 °C (32 °F). On 21 December 2017, an all-time low temperature of −5 °C (23 °F) was recorded at 06:30 at km 44.4.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> From March to June, temperatures are pleasant, especially at higher altitudes. The rainy season runs from April to November when it sometimes rains for more than two hours daily.
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<h2 id="geology">Geology</h2>
<p>Geologically the mountain is a <a href="/facts/Granite/G2evuVKo">granite</a> <a href="/facts/Batholith/FMIf5IbJ">batholith</a> in a north–south oriented mountain range. The second-highest peak of this range is Doi Hua Mot Luang at 2,340 metres (7,677 ft).
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<h2 id="environmental-issues">Environmental issues</h2>
<p>In 2014, visitors to the mountain left behind 36 tonnes (35 long tons; 40 short tons) of rubbish.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="places">Places</h2>
<ul><li>On the main road to the summit of Doi Inthanon stand two adjacent <a href="/facts/Stupa/0dXQxGA3">chedis</a>, one called <i>Naphamethinidon</i> (นภเมทินีดล), meaning 'by the strength of the land and air', and the other, <i>Naphaphonphumisiri</i> (นภพลภูมิสิริ), meaning 'being the strength of the air and the grace of the land'. These temples were built to honor the 60th birth anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1987, and the 60th birth anniversary of Queen Sirikit in 1992, respectively.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li>
<li>Kio Mae Pan Nature Trail<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li>
<li>The Inthanon Royal Project Research Station: The agricultural station was a King <a href="/facts/Bhumibol_Adulyadej/0A2peCfN">Bhumibol Adulyadej</a> project to help eliminate <a href="/facts/Opium/JzHUtced">opium</a> cultivation. It contains a rhododendron garden, and greenhouses for growing ferns, flowering plants, and vegetables.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_mountains_in_Thailand/KsswLNFz">List of mountains in Thailand</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_Southeast_Asian_mountains/P7qAsDIM">List of Southeast Asian mountains</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_Ultras_of_Southeast_Asia/vK5XfrgV">List of Ultras of Southeast Asia</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Doi_Inthanon_rock_frog/YIjly5WF">Doi Inthanon rock frog</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_elevation_extremes_by_country/RfXk0pPR">List of elevation extremes by country</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li> Doi Inthanon National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage</li>
<li><a href="http://www.thaibirding.com/locations/north/doi_int.htm">thaibirding.com on Doi Inthanon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120405231247/http://www.doiinthanon.net/">www.DoiInthanon.net</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10952">"Doi Inthanon, Thailand" on Peakbagger</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Doi Inthanon National Park". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015. <a href="https://archive.today/20150501001027/http://www.tourismthailand.org/See-and-Do/Sights-and-Attractions-Detail/Doi-Inthanon-National-Park--153" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20150501001027/http://www.tourismthailand.org/See-and-Do/Sights-and-Attractions-Detail/Doi-Inthanon-National-Park--153</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Thai National Observatory (TNO)". National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT). Retrieved 4 January 2021. <a href="http://www.narit.or.th/index.php/en-observing-facilities/en-tno" target="_blank">http://www.narit.or.th/index.php/en-observing-facilities/en-tno</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Doi Inthanon National Park". Department of National Parks (DNP) Thailand. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102910/http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style1/default.asp?npid=1&lg=2" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102910/http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style1/default.asp?npid=1&lg=2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Doi Inthanon Observatory sees 'unprecedented' negative 5C temperature". The Nation. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017. <a href="https://www.nationthailand.com/detail/breakingnews/30334468" target="_blank">https://www.nationthailand.com/detail/breakingnews/30334468</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Sereemongkonpol, Pornchai (15 September 2017). "How to Boost Thai Tourism". Editorial. Bangkok Post. Retrieved 16 September 2017. <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1324795/how-to-boost-thai-tourism" target="_blank">http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1324795/how-to-boost-thai-tourism</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Doi Inthanon National Park". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170916140107/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Doi-Inthanon-National-Park--153" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170916140107/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Doi-Inthanon-National-Park--153</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Doi Inthanon". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170916095721/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Doi-Inthanon" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170916095721/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Doi-Inthanon</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"Doi Inthanon". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170916095721/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Doi-Inthanon" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170916095721/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Doi-Inthanon</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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