Chiaksan National Park ( ko, 치악산국립공원, 雉岳山國立公園) is located in the province of Gangwon-do,

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. It was designated as the 16th national park in 1984. The park is named after the mountain

Chiaksan Chiaksan is a mountain in the province of Gangwon-do (South Korea), Gangwon-do, South Korea. Its area extends across the city of Wonju and the county of Hoengseong. Chiaksan has an elevation of . See also *List of mountains in Korea References ...

, which in turn had its name changed from Jeokakasan to Chiaksan, meaning "Pheasant Peak Mountain", based on a myth about a man who saved a

pheasant Pheasants ( ) are birds of several genera within the family (biology), family Phasianidae in the order (biology), order Galliformes. Although they can be found all over the world in introduced (and captive) populations, the pheasant genera na ...

from being eaten by a snake. The park is home to a total of 821 plant species and 2,364 animal species. Among the animals 34 are endangered, including the

Flying squirrel Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family Sciuridae. Despite their name, they are not in fact capable of full flight in the same way as birds or bats, but they ar ...

and Hodgson's Bat.

References

External links

The park's page on Korea National Park Service's website
National parks of South Korea Protected areas established in 1984 Parks in Gangwon Province, South Korea {{Protected-area-stub