Letha Taung

Letha Taung
Singu Plateau
Letha Taung Location in Burma
Highest point
Elevation	493 m (1,617 ft)[1]
Listing	List of mountains in Burma
Coordinates	22°41′N 95°58′E[1]
Geography
Location	Mandalay Division, Myanmar
Parent range	Foothills of the Shan Hills
Climbing
First ascent	unknown
Easiest route	climb

Letha Taung, also known as the Singu Plateau,^[2] is a small volcanic plateau in central Burma (Myanmar).

Geography

Letha Taung is located near Nweyon, Singu Township, Pyinoolwin District, Mandalay Division, about 3 km west of National Highway 31.^[3] The lavas that form the plateau originally came from fissure vents during the Holocene, although the date of the last eruption is unknown.^[4] The active Sagaing Fault, a transform boundary runs under this structure.^[5]

See also

• List of mountains in Burma
• List of volcanoes in Burma

References

1. GoogleEarth
2. AVA - Singu Plateau
3. "Letha Taung". Mapcarta. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
4. "Singu Plateau". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
5. Caltech (25 April 2014). "Active Tectonics and Earthquake Potential of the Myanmar Region" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth: 21 – via AGU Publishings.