Yeongchuksan is a mountain in
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 extends over the cities of
Ulsan
Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...
and
Yangsan
Yangsan () is a city in Gyeongsangnam-do Province, South Korea.
It borders Ulsan to the northeast, Gijang-gun and Geumjeong-gu in Busan to the southeast, Gimhae to the southwest, and Miryang to the northwest. City Hall is located in Nambu-dong, ...
in
Gyeongsangnam-do
South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World H ...
. This mountain is also referred to as Yeongchwisan (영취산), Chwiseosan (취서산), and Chukseosan (축서산). Yeongchuksan has an elevation of .
[Yu 2007, p.506.] It is part of the
Yeongnam Alps
The Yeongnam Alps are a outlying range of the Taebaek Mountains. They consist of a group of relatively tall mountains in the Yeongnam region of southeastern South Korea. They are much shorter than the European Alps, only slightly over 1000 m. T ...
mountain range.
See also
*
List of mountains in Korea
The following is a list of mountains in Korea:
List of mountains in North Korea Pyeongyang
* Taesongsan (대성산; ) –
Chagang Province
* Namsan (남산; ) –
* Obongsan (오봉산; ) –
North Pyongan Province
* Myohyangsan (묘향 ...
Notes
References
* {{cite book, last=Yu Jeong-yeol , year=2007, title=한국의 산 여행 (Travel Guide to Korean Mountains) , location=Seoul, publisher=관동 상억연구회 (Kwandong), isbn=978-89-958055-1-0
* Photos and Map of hiking on Mt Yeongchuksan: http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2001425
External links
Official website for the Yeongnam Alps
Mountains of South Korea
Mountains of Ulsan
Mountains of South Gyeongsang Province