Mt Paektu is the highest mountain in the DPRK.
The mountain 2 750 metres above sea level sits on the northern part of Ryanggang Province’s Samjiyon, a city bordering China.
Korean ancestors had regarded Mt Paektu as the ancestral mountain, believing that all the mountains of the country stretched down from it. According to historical documents, Sangyongphyo , a systematic list of the country’s mountains and their names published in 1769, described the Great Paektu Mountains as the main mountain of the country and all the other mountains as its offshoots.
They also took Mt Paektu as national dignity and spirit and believed that the spirit of the nation, resourceful, brave and decent, originated from the mountain.
The natural environment of Mt Paektu is truly unique as it was created through several volcanic eruptions and their evolution. Natural elements, including volcano-related geology and landform, flora and fauna related to the alpine environment, the hydrological dynamics originating from Lake Chon, soil formed from pumice and alpine plants, are evolving in an indigenous correlation.
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