Paektu Mountain

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Paektu Mountain

Paektu Mountain

Paektu Mountain (Korean: 백두산, 白頭山), also known as Baekdu Mountain and in China as Changbai Mountain (simplified Chinese: 长白山; traditional Chinese: 長白山), is an active stratovolcano on the Chinese–North Korean border.^[2] At 2,744 m (9,003 ft), it is the highest mountain of the Changbai and Baekdudaegan ranges. Koreans assign a mythical quality to the volcano and its caldera lake, considering it to be their country's spiritual home.^[3] It is the highest mountain in Korea and Northeast China.^[4]

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paektu Mountain

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