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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 we list in North Korea.

Nearest town
65 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Paek-san

Paek-san lies in North Korea.

Key facts

Elevation
2,302 m (7,552 ft)
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 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
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.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
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.