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Mountain · North Korea

Paek-san

Elevation
2,302 m
#7,488
in the world
#16
in North Korea

Paek-san is a mountain in North Korea, rising to 2,302 m, the 16th highest in North Korea.

Elevation
2,302 m
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
World rank
#7,488
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Paek-san

Paek-san lies in North Korea.

Key facts

Elevation
2,302 m
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Coordinates
40.600, 127.800

How it ranks

Among peaks in North Korea
#16of 26
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#7,488of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Puksu-san2,347 m9.0 km
Puksubaek-san2,522 m13 km
Ch’ail-bong2,487 m14 km
Paek-san2,476 m24 km
Taeam-san2,205 m35 km
Yŏnhwa-san2,355 m41 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Paek-san.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
HongwŏnNorth Korea70,92365 km
Kapsan-ŭpNorth Korea20,40669 km
Sinp’oNorth Korea152,75971 km
Yuktae-dongNorth Korea76,42771 km
Yŏnggwang-ŭpNorth Korea21,88271 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.