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Mount Kumgang

Mixed World Heritage property in North Korea, inscribed in 2025 under criteria (iii), (vii).

Mount Kumgang, North Korea
Photo: Uwe Brodrecht · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
North Korea
Year of inscription
2025
Type
Mixed
Criteria
iiivii
What it is
mountain range, mountain
Elevation
1,638 m
Mountain range
Taebaek Mountains
Reference
WHC 1642 · Wikidata Q495501

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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