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Minjujisan (Mt.)

 

Location

Buhang-myeon, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do and Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do and Yonghwa-myeon, Sangchon-myeon, Yeongdong-gun, Chungcheonbuk-do

Height

1241

 

 

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Minjujisan (Mt.) covers parts of 3 provinces; Yeongdong in Chungbuk, Gimcheon in  Gyeongbuk, and Muju in Jeonbuk, and draws an 8-kilometer-long main ridgeline to the north, connecting Gakhosan (Mt.), Seokgibong (Peak), and Samdobong (Peak).  Sobaek mountain range stretching down to the southwest from Taebaek mountain range, the spine of Korea, goes down to Chupungnyeong (Ridge) and rises again to form Minjujisan (Mt.), located 15km from Chupungnyeong to the southwest.  This place holds the Mulhangyegok (Valley) which is famous for its scenery.  Anyone who has ever paid a visit here says that they have never seen such a beautiful place.  Especially, the valleys connected from Daebul-ri to Seokgibong (Peak) and those from Mulhan-ri to Samdobong (Peak) are over 5km in length, and renowned as the places that have not been damaged at all.  Also, the ridge between Samdobong and Seokgibong shows a splendid scenery with full of various shrubs, azaleas and royal azaleas.  Also, this place holds beautiful sceneries such as Okso, Eumjuam, Euiyonggolpokpo (Waterfall).  On Samdobong (Peak), there exists a monument of peace which people from 3 provinces (Chungbuk, Gyeongbuk, Jeonbuk) have raised to live peacefully without dispute