Kumgangsan
Kumgangsan, literally the Diamond Mountains, is in North Korea. The mountain and surroundings were listed as a mixed UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2025.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,638 metres
- Description: mountain range in North Korea
- Also known as: “Birobong”, “Diamond Mountain”, “Diamond Mountains”, “Keum-kang-san”, “Kongō Mountain”, “Kongō-san”, “Kongōzan”, “Kumgang Mountains”, “Kumkang”, “Mount Geungang”, “Mount Kumgang”, “Mount Kŭmgang”, “Mt. Geumgang”, “Mt. Kŭmgang”, “Piro-bong”, “Sangaksan Mountain”, “Seolbongsan Mountain”, “Seonsan Mountain”, “상악산”, “선산”, and “설봉산”
Kumgangsan
- Categories: mountain range, mountain, and landform
- Location: Kangwŏn-do, Donghae Coast, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.6565° or 38° 39′ 23″ northLongitude
128.1054° or 128° 6′ 19″ eastElevation
1,638 metres (5,374 feet)Open location code
8QCCM444+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 12065900075OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Kumgangsan” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Кымгансан”
- Bulgarian: “Връх Кумган”
- Bulgarian: “Кумгансан”
- Bulgarian: “Къмгансан”
- Catalan: “Kumgangsan”
- Cebuano: “Kŭmgang-san (bukid sa Amihanang Korea, Kangwŏn-do)”
- Cebuano: “Kŭmgang-san”
- Chinese: “金剛山”
- Croatian: “Kumgangsan”
- Czech: “Diamantové hory”
- Czech: “Kumgang”
- Czech: “Kŭmgang”
- Czech: “Kumgangsan”
- Czech: “Kŭmgangsan”
- Dutch: “Geumgangsan”
- Dutch: “Kumgangsan”
- Dutch: “Kŭmgangsan”
- Esperanto: “Kŭmgang Monto”
- Finnish: “Kŭmgangsan”
- French: “Kumgangsan”
- French: “Kŭmgangsan”
- French: “Monts Kumgang”
- Galician: “Monte Kumgang”
- Georgian: “კუმგანი”
- German: “Diamantgebirge”
- German: “Geumgang-san”
- German: “Geumgangsan”
- German: “Kumgang-san”
- German: “Kŭmgang-san”
- German: “Kumgangsan”
- German: “Kŭmgangsan”
- Hebrew: “הר קומגנג”
- Indonesian: “Geumgangsan”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Geumgang”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Kŭmgang”
- Indonesian: “Kŭmgangsan”
- Italian: “Monte Kumgang”
- Japanese: “金剛山 (朝鮮)”
- Japanese: “金剛山”
- Korean: “개골산”
- Korean: “금강산”
- Korean: “봉래산”
- Korean: “비로봉”
- Korean: “풍악산”
- Ladin: “Mont Kumgang”
- Lithuanian: “Kimgango kalnai”
- Lithuanian: “Kimgangsanas”
- Low German: “Kumgang-Bargen”
- Low German: “Kŭmgang-Bargen”
- Low German: “Kŭmgang”
- Low German: “Kŭmgangsan”
- Maltese: “Kŭmgang-san”
- Maltese: “Kumgangsan”
- Maltese: “Muntanja ta‘ Kumgang”
- Maltese: “Muntanja ta’ Kumgang”
- Maltese: “Muntanji ta‘ Kumgang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kumgang-san”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kumgangfjellet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kumgangsan”
- Norwegian: “Kumgang-san”
- Persian: “کوه کومگانگ”
- Persian: “کوه گومگانگ”
- Polish: “Góry Diamentowe”
- Polish: “Kŭmgang-san”
- Polish: “Kŭmgang”
- Portuguese: “Geumgang”
- Portuguese: “Kumgang”
- Portuguese: “Kumgangsan”
- Portuguese: “Kŭmgangsan”
- Portuguese: “Montanha de Diamante”
- Russian: “Алмазные горы”
- Russian: “Кымгансан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kumgang”
- Slovak: “Diamantové vrchy”
- Slovenian: “Diamantna gora”
- Slovenian: “Kumgang”
- Spanish: “Kŭmgangsan”
- Swedish: “Kŭmgang-san (berg i Nordkorea, Kangwŏn-do)”
- Swedish: “Kŭmgang-san”
- Tagalog: “Bundok Kumgang”
- Tatar: “Кымган тау чылбыры”
- Turkish: “Kumgang Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Кумгансан”
- Uzbek: “Kimgansan”
- Venetian: “Monte Kumgang”
- Vietnamese: “Geumgangsan”
- Vietnamese: “Kim Cương sơn”
- Vietnamese: “Kumgangsan”
- Vietnamese: “Kŭmgangsan”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Geumgang”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Kim Cương”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Kumgang”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Kŭmgang”
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