A study has concluded that the northwesterly push of the Philippine oceanic plate is raising Taiwan ’ s mountains by about two centimeters a year. If so, then Yu-shan should be getting continually higher.
另外，根據學者研究，菲律賓海板塊向西北推擠，導致台灣山脈每年向上抬升約 2 公分，以此推估，玉山主峰應不斷長高。