Daegwallyeong
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Daegwallyeong () is a -high mountain pass in the Taebaek Mountains of eastern South Korea. It runs between Pyeongchang and Gangneung in Gangwon Province. It is an important historical pass that connects the regions of Yeongseo and Yeongdong. Daegwallyeong-myeon of Pyeongchang County is named after this pass. Daegwallyeong Museum is located in Gangneung.
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- Instance of
- mountain pass
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Gangneung
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- Near Degwallyong IC Old Yeongdong Expressway.jpg
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- Revised Romanization
- Daegwallyeong
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Taegwallyŏng
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Daegwallyeong () is a -high mountain pass in the Taebaek Mountains of eastern South Korea. It runs between Pyeongchang and Gangneung in Gangwon Province. It is an important historical pass that connects the regions of Yeongseo and Yeongdong. Daegwallyeong-myeon of Pyeongchang County is named after this pass. Daegwallyeong Museum is located in Gangneung.
This mountain pass was used for delivering agricultural and marine products from Gangneung to Yeongseo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daegwallyeong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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