Bohyeonsan or Bohyeon Mountain or Mount Bohyeon is located in the province of

Gyeongsangbuk-do North Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상북도, translit=Gyeongsangbuk-do, ) is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the ...

, eastern

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. Its peak has an elevation of , and is near the city of

Yeongcheon Yeongcheon () is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Yeongcheon is located southeast of Seoul, in the southeast of North Gyeongsang Province. It is on the Gyeongbu Expressway linking Seoul and Busan, and is also the junction of t ...

. The Bohyeon Mountain Starlight Festival takes place in summer and is centered in the

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, which was established in 1996."Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO)"
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, retrieved December 27, 2017. This observatory houses the third-largest telescope in Korea, which is the country's largest optical instrument."Observing the unknown from Korea’s peaks"
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Korea Joongang Daily ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper ''JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, originally named as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news a ...

'' (January 11, 2012). This 1.8-meter

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was built near the peak. There is also a Bohyeon Mountain Science Museum, situated just below the observatory, run by the Yeongcheon City Government.

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Yeongcheon Mountains of North Gyeongsang Province Cheongsong County Pohang Mountains of South Korea One-thousanders of South Korea Taebaek Mountains {{SouthKorea-geo-stub

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