Baekdudaegan
Sign in to saveBaekdu-daegan () is a traditional Korean conception of the mountains and consequently the watersheds of the Korean Peninsula. The mountain range stretches the length of the Korean Peninsula, around 1,500 km, from Baekdu Mountain in the north to Jirisan, or Hallasan on Jeju Island in the south. The mountain range is often associated with national identity and traditional Korean shamanism.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Baekdu-daegan백두대간白頭大幹
- Mountain.photo
- Laika ac Mt. Paekdu (7998657081).jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The summit caldera of Paektu Mountain, the tallest mountain of Baekdu-daegan (2012)
- Mountain.highest
- Paektu Mountain
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2,744
- Mountain.length_km
- 1,500
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- ^백두_대간
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 白頭大幹
- Korean name/auto.child
- yes
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 2744
- Image
- Baitou Mountain Tianchi.jpg
- Length
- 1625
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- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Paektu taegan
- Revised Romanization
- Baekdu daegan
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Baekdu-daegan () is a traditional Korean conception of the mountains and consequently the watersheds of the Korean Peninsula. The mountain range stretches the length of the Korean Peninsula, around 1,500 km, from Baekdu Mountain in the north to Jirisan, or Hallasan on Jeju Island in the south. The mountain range is often associated with national identity and traditional Korean shamanism.
Baekdu-daegan is considered to include the Sobaek and Taebaek mountain ranges. Although currently impossible due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone between North Korea and South Korea, hiking the length of the mountains is considered a desirable goal aligned with the Korean reunification movement. The South Korean portion of the range is popular for hiking.
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