Shoushan

Shoushan (Chinese: 壽山), also known as Chaishan (柴山) and in English as Monkey Mountain, is a coastal limestone hill in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Rising to 356 m above sea level, it forms the western skyline of the city beside Kaohsiung Harbor and the Taiwan Strait. The mountain is noted for its population of endemic Formosan rock macaques and for its extensive trail network, making it one of Kaohsiung’s principal urban natural areas. Historically known by several names, including “Ape Hill” (a 17th-century Dutch description) and “Snake Hill” (蛇山) for its northern sector, the southern ridge was renamed Shoushan (“Longevity Mountain”) during the Japanese period (1911–1915) in honour of Crown Prince Hirohito. Today, the area is protected within Shoushan National Nature Park, a designated nature reserve established to conserve its ecology and cultural landscape.

Neighbouring summits