List of mountains named The Sleeping Lady
The Sleeping woman is a name or nickname for certain mountain formations located in different places in the world that are said to look like a reclining or deceased woman in the local tradition.
Ranges by the name of "The Sleeping Lady"
- Western United States :
- *Mount Susitna, near Anchorage, Alaska
- *Mount Timpanogos, near Provo, Utah
- *Mount Tamalpais, near San Francisco, California.
- Algeria: Mount Chenoua, according to local tradition the mountain range looks like a reclining pregnant woman.
- Cambodia: Phnom Kong Rei.
- Chile, in the Andes, Valle del Maipo Chile.
- China:
- *Sleeping Beauty Range near Kunming.
- *Sleeping Beauty, Danxia near Shaoguan city.
- Leonidio, in Arcadia, Peloponnese Greece.
- Martinique: Morne Larcher called " la femme couchée" is located in Diamant, Martinique.
- Mexico: Iztaccíhuatl
- Norway: Den Sovende Dronning, also known as Skjomtind, a mountain range near Narvik, Norway.
- Pakistan: Sleeping Beauty of Quetta. A Mountain called 'Sleeping Beauty' is also located in Quetta, Pakistan.
- Panama, La India Dormida in El Valle de Anton.
- Peru, La Bella Durmiente in Tingo María
- Philippines: Sleeping Beauty, mountain in Kalinga province, northern Philippines.
- Mount Makiling, mountain in Laguna, Philippines.
- Taiwan: Mount Guanyin, in New Taipei City Taiwan.
- Thailand:
- *Doi Nang Non in the Daen Lao Range, northern Thailand.
- *Khao Nang Non in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand.
Similarly named mountains
- La Noyée. A mountain range seen from Notre-Dame-des-Monts, Quebec. Local legend says the mountains are the silhouette of a Native American woman who drowned while swimming across Lac Nairne to meet her lover.
- La Mujer Muerta. A mountain range located in the Sistema Central, Spain. Highest point La Pinareja, 2197 m.
- Turó de la Dona Morta, a mountain near Maçanet de la Selva, Catalonia, Spain
- Jebel Musa the mountain is also known as The Dead Woman, because from the direction of Ceuta, around the town of Benzú, it resembles a woman on her back.
- The Virgin Gorda; Spanish for the fat virgin, as the island looks like an overweight woman lying on her side.
Ranges by the name of The Sleeping or the Dead Lady