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Mountain Height Region Image Notes Mount Halla: 1,950 m (6,400 ft) Jeju: The highest mountain in South Korea. Mount Jiri: 1,915 m (6,283 ft) Gyeongnam (Jeonnam/Jeonbuk) The highest mountain in South Korean mainland. Banyabong: 1,732 m (5,682 ft) Jeonnam/Jeonbuk (Gyeongnam) Belongs to the Mount Jiri National Park. The highest mountain in Jeonnam ...
Paektu Mountain or Baekdu Mountain (Korean: 백두산) is an active stratovolcano on the Chinese–North Korean border. [3] In China, it is known as Changbai Mountain (Chinese: 长白山). At 2,744 m (9,003 ft), it is the tallest mountain in North Korea and Northeast China and the tallest mountain of the Baekdu-daegan and Changbai mountain ...
Paektusan (백두산; 白 頭 山) – 2,744 metres (9,003 ft), [2] the tallest mountain in North Korea and the entire Korean Peninsula. Chailbong (차일봉; 遮 日 峯 ) – 2,506 metres (8,222 ft), the 4th tallest mountain in Korea.
Topography of Asia. This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Asia defined physiographically.States sometimes associated with Asia politically and culturally, but not geographically part of Asia, are not included in this list of physical features (with the exception of Cyprus - marked with a N/A rank entry).
Well-developed arable plains, mostly in southern and western parts of the peninsula, are generally small and separated by successive mountain ranges. The highest mountains are in the northeast. Mount Paektu, a dormant volcano on the border with China, is the highest mountain in Korea at 2,744 m (9,003 ft). [2]
Hallasan is a shield volcano that is the highest mountain in South Korea. It was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2002, [1] and a World Heritage Site in 2007. [2] The park is managed by Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. It is the only out of 22 national parks that is not managed by the Korea National Park Service. [3]
Hallasan (Korean: 한라산) is a shield volcano comprising much of Jeju Island in South Korea.Its summit, at 1,947 m (6,388 ft), is the highest point in the country. The area around the mountain is a designated national park, named Hallasan National Park.
It is the second-tallest mountain in South Korea after Jeju Island's Hallasan, and is the tallest mountain in mainland South Korea. [2] The 1915m-high mountain is located in Jirisan National Park. The park spans three provinces (North, South Jeolla and South Gyeongsang) and it is the largest in South Korea. The largest proportion of the ...