
Myŏraksan, in English Mt. Myorak, is a mountain on the border of
Rinsan and
P'yŏngsan counties of
North Hwanghae Province
North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to; , lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital is S ...
in North Korea. It has an elevation of 818 m. A plant reserve of 126 km² was established in that area in 1976.
It is one of the few suitable habitats for the
Tristram's Woodpecker
Tristram's woodpecker (''Dryocopus javensis richardsi'') (, Japanese: ) is a Korean subspecies of the white-bellied woodpecker. It was firstly identified and described by English scholar and ornithologist Henry Baker Tristram in 1879.
Descripti ...
in the world.
References
External links
Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan DPRK* Encyclopedias:
Doosan
Mountains of North Korea
North Hwanghae
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