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Paektu Muntain

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Paektu Muntain
Changbai Shan
Paektu Muntain volcano, Aprile 2003
Heichest pynt
Elevation2,744 m (9,003 ft)
Prominence2,593 m (8,507 ft)
LeetinKintra heich pynt
Ultra
Coordinates42°00′20″N 128°03′19″E / 42.00556°N 128.05528°E / 42.00556; 128.05528Coordinates: 42°00′20″N 128°03′19″E / 42.00556°N 128.05528°E / 42.00556; 128.05528
Geografie
Paektu Muntain is located in North Korea
Paektu Muntain
Paektu Muntain
Location in North Korea, on the border wi Cheenae
LocationRyanggang, North Korea
Jilin, Cheenae
Geology
Muntain teepStratovolcano
Last eruption1903[1]

Changbai, Paektu, or Baektu Muntain is an active volcano on the border atween North Korea an Cheenae. At 2,744 m (9,003 ft), it is the heichest muntain o the Changbai an Baekdudaegan ranges. It is an aa the heichest muntain on the Korean Peninsula an in northeastren Cheenae.[2] A lairge crater loch, cried Heaven Loch, is in the caldera atop the muntain.

References

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  1. "Baekdusan". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 1 Januar 2009.
  2. Ehlers, Jürgen; Gibbard, Philip (2004). Quaternary Glaciations: South America, Asia, Africa, Australasia, Antarctica. Elsevier. The Changbai Mountain is the highest (2570 m a.s.l.) in north-eastern China (42°N,128°E) on the border between China and Korea.