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, ...

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.

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* {{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

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