Mudeungsan
Sign in to savethumb|Columnar joints Mudeungsan () is a mountain in South Korea. It extends over Buk District, Gwangju, as well as Hwasun County and Damyang County in South Jeolla Province. Mudeungsan has an elevation of and is a part of Mudeungsan National Park which gained national park status in 2012. The peak of Mudeungsan is named Cheonwang summit, but it has been designated as a protection zone for air force military installations. Therefore the highest spot the climbers can ascend without special permission is Seoseokdae Rock, with an elevation of .
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Damyang County
- Elevation
- 1187
- Image
- Gwangju Mudeungsan.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mudeungsan
- Revised Romanization
- Mudeungsan
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Mudŭngsan
- located in protected area
- Mudeungsan National Park
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thumb|Columnar joints Mudeungsan () is a mountain in South Korea. It extends over Buk District, Gwangju, as well as Hwasun County and Damyang County in South Jeolla Province. Mudeungsan has an elevation of and is a part of Mudeungsan National Park which gained national park status in 2012. The peak of Mudeungsan is named Cheonwang summit, but it has been designated as a protection zone for air force military installations. Therefore the highest spot the climbers can ascend without special permission is Seoseokdae Rock, with an elevation of .
Looking from the summit, Hallasan in Jeju Island and Geojedo in Namhae, South Gyeongsang Province can be seen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mudeungsan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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