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Mountain · North Korea

Kwesan-bong

Elevation
2,277 m
#7,613
in the world
#18
in North Korea

Kwesan-bong is a mountain in North Korea, rising to 2,277 m, the 18th highest we list in North Korea.

Nearest town
33 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Kwesan-bong

Kwesan-bong lies in North Korea, in North Hamgyong.

Key facts

Elevation
2,277 m (7,470 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
North Hamgyong
Coordinates
41.633, 129.211

How it ranks

Among peaks in North Korea
#18of 26
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#7,613of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
T’ugu-bong2,335 m5.7 km
Kwanmo-bong2,541 m8.4 km
Sŏl-lyŏng2,350 m13 km
Sŏl-lyŏng2,243 m17 km
Kwesang-bong2,332 m19 km
Tojŏng-san2,201 m21 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Kwesan-bong.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
KyŏngsŏngNorth Korea35,60433 km
Yŏnsa-ŭpNorth Korea37,87635 km
RanamNorth Korea34,05540 km
ŎrangNorth Korea87,75742 km
HwasŏngNorth Korea99,55748 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.