The Arakan Mountains, natively referred as Rakhine Yoma and technically known as the Southern Indo-Burman Range, are a mountain range in western Myanmar, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River. It is the most prominent of a series of parallel ridges that arc through Assam, Naga…
The Arakan Mountains, natively referred as Rakhine Yoma and technically known as the Southern Indo-Burman Range, are a mountain range in western Myanmar, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River. It is the most prominent of a series of parallel ridges that arc through Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Myanmar.
Elevation: 3,094 m (10,151 ft)
Peak: Mount Victoria
Country: Myanmar
State: Rakhine State
Rock type(s): metamorphic and tightly folded sedimentary rocks over crystalline basement
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