Baekhaksan

Baekhaksan is a hill in Paju, Gyeonggi and has an elevation of 229 metres. Baekhaksan is situated nearby to the locality Hyanggyodong, as well as near Jangdan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Camp Bonifas.

Camp Bonifas

Military installation

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Camp Bonifas is a United Nations Command military post located 400 m south of the southern boundary of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. It is 2,400 m south of the Military Demarcation Line, which forms the border between South Korea and North Korea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Daeseong-dong and Panmunjeom.

Daeseong-dong

Village

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Daeseong-dong is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The village is about 1.6 kilometres south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 km from the city of Kaesong, North Korea. Daeseong-dong is situated 5 km west of Baekhaksan.

Panmunjeom

Photo: Kok Leng Yeo, CC BY 2.0.

Panmunjeom, also P'anmunjŏm, is on the demarcation line between North and South Korea. It is a living relic of the Cold War era. It can only be visited on an organized tour.

Kijong-dong

Hamlet

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Kijŏng-dong, Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng tong or Kaepoong is a Potemkin village in P'yŏnghwa-ri, Panmun-guyok, Kaesong Special City, North Korea. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Kijong-dong is situated 7 km west of Baekhaksan.

Baekhaksan

Type: Hill with an elevation of 229 metres
Also known as: “Paekhak-san”
Category: landform
Location: Paju, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

37.94745° or 37° 56′ 51″ north

Longitude

126.73992° or 126° 44′ 24″ east

Elevation

229 metres (751 feet)

Open location code

8Q98WPWQ+XX

GeoNames ID

1951631

Wikidata ID

Q27295248

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Baekhaksan” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Баекхаксан”
Cebuano: “Baekhaksan”
Dutch: “Baekhaksan”
Korean: “백학산”
Swedish: “Baekhaksan”

Localities in the Area

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