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Mountain · South Korea

Hwaaksan

Elevation
1,468 m
#11,459
in the world
#27
in South Korea

Hwaaksan is a mountain in South Korea, rising to 1,468 m, the 27th highest we list in South Korea.

Nearest town
18 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Hwaaksan

Hwaaksan lies in South Korea, in Gyeonggi-do.

Key facts

Elevation
1,468 m (4,816 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
Gyeonggi-do
Coordinates
37.994, 127.503

How it ranks

Among peaks in South Korea
#27of 70
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#11,459of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Seongnyongsan1,150 m2.6 km
Myeongjisan1,252 m8.6 km
Bokjusan1,054 m16 km
Bokgyesan1,054 m23 km
Yongmun-san1,157 m48 km
Baekseoksan1,141 m49 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Hwaaksan.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
GapyeongSouth Korea55,41518 km
HwacheonSouth Korea22,96522 km
ChuncheonSouth Korea284,85524 km
CheorwonSouth Korea40,64635 km
HwadoSouth Korea106,35842 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.