Mount Kumgang
Sign in to saveAlso known as Diamond Mountain, Mount Kŭmgang, Mount Geungang, Mt. Kŭmgang, Mt. Geumgang, Kumgang Mountains
mountain range in North Korea
Key facts
- Elevation
- 1,638 m (5,374 ft)
- Prominence
- 1,111 m (3,645 ft)
- Listing
- Ribu
- Location
- Kangwŏn Province , North Korea
- Part of
- Mount Kumgang – Diamond Mountain from the Sea
- Criteria
- Mixed: iii, vii
- Reference
- 1642-001
- Inscription
- 2025 (47th Session )
- Hangul
- 금강산
- Hanja
- 金剛山
- Literal meaning span lit
- diamond mountain
- Rr
- Geumgangsan
- Mr
- Kŭmgangsan
- Ipa
- [ kɯmɡaŋsʰan ]
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- North Korea
- Elevation
- 1638
- Image
- 0438 - Nordkorea 2015 - Kumgang Gebirge - Kuryong Fasserfall (22543108597).jpg
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- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Kŭmgangsan
- Commons category
- Kumgangsan
- Revised Romanization
- Geumgangsan
- mountain range
- Taebaek Mountains
- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
- native label
- 개골산
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Kumgang (Korean: 금강산; lit. 'Diamond Mountain') or the Kumgang Mountains is a mountain massif, with a 1,638-metre-high (5,374 ft) peak, in Kangwŏn Province, North Korea. It is located on the east coast of the country, in an area of Kangwŏn Province formerly known as the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region, and is part of the Taebaek mountain range which runs along the east of the Korean Peninsula. The mountain is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the South Korean city of Sokcho in Gangwon Province. In 2025, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Seasonal names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Kumgang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.