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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.
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.
In North Korea, the following are known as the five famous mountains. [3] Of them, only Jiri-san is in South Korea. Paektu-san (백두산, 白頭山) Kumgang-san (금강산, 金剛山) Myohyang-san (묘향산, 妙香山) Kuwol-san (구월산, 九月山) Jiri-san (지리산, 智異山) Occasionally a sixth one, Chilbo-san (칠보산, 七寶山 ...
Hallasan. Hallasan is a massive shield volcano which forms the bulk of Jeju Island and is often taken as representing the island itself. There is a Korean traditional local saying that "Jeju Island is Hallasan, and Hallasan is Jeju." The mountain can indeed be seen from all places on the island, but its peak is often covered in clouds.
Jirisan (Korean: 지리산) is a mountain located in the southern region of South Korea. It is the second-tallest mountain in South Korea after Jeju Island's Hallasan, and is the tallest mountain in mainland South Korea. [1] The 1915m-high mountain is located in Jirisan National Park. The park spans three provinces (North, South Jeolla and ...
Mount Kumgang (Korean: 금강산; RR: Geumgangsan; MR: Kŭmgangsan; lit. 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 ...
Seoraksan (Korean: 설악산), or Mount Sorak, is the highest mountain in the Taebaek mountain range in the Gangwon Province in eastern South Korea. [1] It is located in the Seoraksan National Park, near the city of Sokcho. After the Hallasan volcano on Jeju Island and Jirisan in the south, Seoraksan is the third highest mountain in South Korea.
Taebaeksan. Taebaeksan, also known as Mount Taebaeksan or Mount Taebaek, is a South Korean mountain with several important peaks of the Taebaek mountain range (in Western-style geography), or the Taebaek Jeongmaek Range (in Korean-style geography). It is an important mountain in the Baekdu-daegan mountain range, the point where it turns west ...