East Asia
North Korea
South Hwanghae

Mount Kuwol

Kuwŏlsan, or Mount Kuwol, is a mountain in , North Korea. The mountain takes its name from the ninth month of the lunar calendar, because it is considered particularly attractive in that month.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 937 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Guwolsan”, “Guwolsan Mountain”, “Kuwol-san”, “Kuwolsan”, “Kuwŏlsan”, and “Kyūgetsu-san”

Mount Kuwol

Latitude
38.50032° or 38° 30′ 1″ north
Longitude
125.26424° or 125° 15′ 51″ east
Elevation
937 metres (3,074 feet)
Open location code
8QC7G727+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9106658518
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1875077
Wiki­data ID
Q708424
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Kuwol from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Mount Kuwol” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kuwŏl-san (bukid sa Amihanang Korea)”
  • Cebuano: “Kuwŏl-san”
  • Chinese: “九月山”
  • Dutch: “Kuwŏlsan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوولسان”
  • French: “Mont Kuwol”
  • French: “monts Kuwol”
  • French: “Monts Kuwol”
  • Japanese: “九月山”
  • Korean: “Kuwŏl-san”
  • Korean: “구월산”
  • Korean: “九月山”
  • Ladin: “Kuwŏlsan”
  • Persian: “کوولسان”
  • Russian: “Кувольсан”
  • Swedish: “Kuwŏl-san (berg i Nordkorea)”
  • Swedish: “Kuwŏl-san”
  • Venetian: “Kuwŏlsan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Kuwol”. Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.