Mount Qilai

Mount Qilai () is a mountain in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. Its highest point of the range, the Northern Peak, is above sea level. It is named after the Sakizaya people.

In 1971, Typhoon Nadine's effects of five National Tsing Hua University students hiking Mount Qilai. The following year, a separate group of three university students . Police in Nantou and Hualien launched a delayed search effort, joined later by the Republic of China Air Force and Army. Although the search effort was unsuccessful, it inspired the establishment of permanent civilian rescue organizations in Taiwan.

See also List of mountains in Taiwan

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