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ID: 1105117
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1105117
Record Type:
physical
Kŭmgang-san (mountain range)
Coordinates:
Lat: 38 35 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 38.5833
decimal degrees
Long: 128 10 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 128.1667
decimal degrees
Note:
Peaks run along SW coast of north Korea; Buddhist priests settled region in 4th cen. CE; was famous center of Buddhism for centuries & is noted for temples & cloisters; region declined beginning in 16th cen.
Names:
Kŭmgang-san
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Kumgangsan
(
C
,
V
)
Kongosan
(
C
,
O
)
Diamond Mountains
(
C
,
O
,
English-P
,
U
,
N
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Chosŏn
(nation) (
P
)
............
Kangwŏn
(province) (
P
)
................
Kŭmgang-san
(mountain range) (
P
)
Place Types:
mountain range (
preferred
,
C
)
sacred site (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Diamond Mountains..........
[
VP
]
................................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 243
Kongosan..........
[
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 243
Kŭmgang-san..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-91
Kumgangsan..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 243
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 243
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-91
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
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