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    Paektu Mountain or Baekdu Mountain (Korean: 백두산) is an active stratovolcano on the Chinese–North Korean border. In China, it is known as Changbai Mountain...
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    The 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain, a stratovolcano on the border of North Korea and China also known as Changbaishan, occurred in late 946 CE. This...
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    exceed 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in height, with the tallest summit being Paektu Mountain at 2,744 m (9,003 ft), which contains the Heaven Lake, the highest...
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    Paektu Mountain on the Chinese-North Korean border is the source of the river, as well as of the Yalu River. The two rivers and the region of Paektu Mountain...
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    North Korea acquired 280 km2 of territory on and around Paektu Mountain, and 54.5% of the mountain's Heaven Lake. The previous practice of using the Yalu...
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  • Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco, the highest mountain in the Alps Mauna Kea, tallest mountain in Hawai'i Paektu Mountain, a volcano on the border between North...
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    caldera which contains Heaven Lake was created by the 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain. The lake has a surface elevation of 2,189.1 m (7,182 ft). The lake...
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    Together with the Tumen River to its east, and a small portion of Paektu Mountain, the Yalu forms the border between China and North Korea. Its valley...
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    eruptions are still influencing local cultures today. In North Korea, Paektu Mountain, a stratovolcano, first erupted in 946 AD and is a religious site for...
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    Baekdu-daegan (redirect from Paektu taegan)
    Korean Peninsula. Baekdu-daegan describes a 1500 km long mountain range that runs from Paektu Mountain in the north to the Cheonwangbong Peak of Jirisan in...
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    The Kim family, officially the Mount Paektu bloodline (Korean: 백두혈통), named for Paektu Mountain, in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of...
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    Odaesan – South Korea Mount of Olives – Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine Paektu Mountain – North Korea-China border. Sacred to all Koreans, also a subject of...
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    northwest. The Changbai Mountains run through its southeastern regions and contains the highest peak of the province, Paektu Mountain at 2,744 m (9,003 ft)...
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    Emblem of North Korea (category Coats of arms with mountains)
    the design of a grand hydroelectric power station under Mt. Paektu, the sacred mountain of the revolution, and the beaming light of a five-pointed red...
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    divided by three significant geographical features: the Yalu River, Paektu Mountain, and the Tumen River. Dandong, in the Liaoning Province of China, on...
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  • recognized China's claims to Jiandao, called Gando in Korean, and Mount Paektu, and in return Japan received railroad concessions in Northeast China ("Manchuria")...
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    the Minoan eruption in the 2nd millennium BCE, the 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain, the 1257 eruption of Mount Samalas, and the 1815 eruption of Mount...
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    the nearby Paektu Mountains. South Korea has a conflict with the People's Republic of China because of the Baekdu Mountains. The mountain is actually...
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  • and Bae Suzy. The film was released in December 2019 in South Korea. Paektu Mountain, an active volcano straddling the China–North Korea border, suddenly...
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    Paektu Mountain...
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  • and Mount Merapi), Ethiopia (Erta Ale), Iceland, and North Korea (Paektu Mountain), Herzog is led by volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer, who hopes to minimize...
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    (青年湖公园) Also popular among locals during holidays and festivities. Paektu Mountain Over 70% of the prefecture is forest, so there is a rich biodiversity...
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  • Wang Naixun Cheng Hongxin Liu Haocun AJ Donnelly Shooting began in Paektu Mountain of Jilin on 6 January 2021. Sniper was slated for release on July 30...
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  • Monster Apocalypse, in which it is revealed the Rodan emerged from Paektu Mountain in November 2005, attacked China, and battled Anguirus before they...
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  • Tombs at Longtou Mountain are the burial sites of twelve royal figures from the Balhae (Bohai) kingdom. It is located on Longtou Mountain, southeast of Toudao...
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    kilograms (6.61 - 8.81 lbs). The woodblocks would be almost as tall as Paektu Mountain at 2.74 km (1.70 mi) if stacked and would measure 60 km (37 mi) long...
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    the Tumen River. In between the rivers, and the source of both, is Paektu Mountain, revered by both the Koreans and Manchurians as the mythic origin of...
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  • in a nuclear war. North Korea built a missile silo complex south of Paektu Mountain. The silos are reportedly designed for mid- to long-range missiles...
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    border. China received 40% of the disputed crater lake on Paektu Mountain (known as Changbai Mountain in China), while North Korea held the remaining land...
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  • is an incomplete list of mountains in the People's Republic of China, sorted in alphabetical order. Some of these mountains that are claimed by the PRC...
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