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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 and Jeonbuk. Seoraksan: 1,708 m (5,604 ft) Gangwon: The highest 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.
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 ...
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 ...
Songnisan is a mountain and National Park in South Korea. It lies in the Sobaek mountains along the border between the North Gyeongsang Province and North Chungcheong Province provinces. Its main attractions are the temple Beopjusa and an especially picturesque peak, Munjangdae (1,029 m). The mountain's highest peak is Cheonhwangbong, at 1,058. ...
Diamond Mountain) or the Kumgang Mountains is a mountain massif, with a 1,638-metre-high (5,374 ft) peak, in Kangwon-do, North Korea. It is located on the east coast of the country, in Mount Kumgang Tourist Region , formerly part of Kangwŏn Province , and is part of the Taebaek mountain range which runs along the east of the Korean Peninsula .
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]