Nat Ma Taung is the highest mountain

Mountain

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 in the Chin State

Chin State

Chin State is a state located in western Burma . The Chin State is bordered by Rakhine State in the south, Bangladesh in south-west, Sagaing Division and Magway Division in the east, Indian state of Manipur in the north and Indian state of Mizoram in the west. The Chin ethnic group make up the...

 of western Burma. Located in Kanpalet Township, Mindat District

Mindat District

Mindat District is a district of the Chin State in Myanmar. It consists of four townships and 840 villages.-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Mindat Township*Matupi Township*Kanpetlet Township*Paletwa Township...

, Mount Victoria is part of the Chin Hills

Chin Hills

The Chin Hills are a range of mountains in Chin State, northwestern Burma , that extends northward into India's Manipur state. They are part of the Arakan Mountain Range . The highest peak in the Chin Hills is Nat Ma Taung, or Khonumthung , in southern Chin State, which reaches 3,053 meters...

 range, and rises to 3053 metres (10,016.4 ft) above sea level.

Nat Ma Taung lies in the Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests

Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests

The Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in western Burma . Surrounded at lower elevations by moist tropical forests, this ecoregion is home a diverse range of subtropical and temperate species, including many species characteristic...

 ecoregion

Ecoregion

An ecoregion , sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than an ecozone and larger than an ecosystem. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural...

. Surrounded at lower elevations by tropical

Tropics

The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately  N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at  S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...

 and subtropical moist forests, Nat Ma Taung's higher elevations form a sky island

Sky island

Sky islands are mountains that are isolated by surrounding lowlands of a dramatically different environment, a situation which, in combination with the altitudinal zonation of ecosystems, has significant implications for natural habitats. Endemism, vertical migration, and relict populations are...

, home to many temperate and alpine

Alpine climate

Alpine climate is the average weather for a region above the tree line. This climate is also referred to as mountain climate or highland climate....

 species typical of the Himalaya further north, as well as many endemic

Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...

 species.

The mountain is now protected within Nat Ma Taung National Park

Mount Victoria National Park

Mount Victoria National Park or Nat Ma Taung is a national park of Burma. It is located in Chin State. It occupies an area of and was established in 1994. It surrounds Nat Ma Taung, formerly Mount Victoria.-References:*...

, established in 1994.