Hallasan
Crater Lakes on Hallasan
Korean Name
Hangul	한라산 (DPRK: 한나산)
Hanja	漢拏山
Revised Romanization	Halla-san
McCune-Reischauer	Halla-san
Elevation:	1,950 metres (6,397 feet)
Coordinates:	33°21′N 126°31′E
Location:	Jeju (South Korea)
Type:	Stratovolcano
Last eruption:	1007
Easiest route:	hike, helicopter

Hallasan (한라산) is a dormant volcano on Jeju Island of South Korea. Hallasan is the highest mountain of South Korea. Alternate names for the mountain include Halla Mountain, Mount Halla and Mount Auckland (on Royal Navy charts)^[1]. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1065 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... For other uses of the word, see Elevation In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Jeju is the smallest province of South Korea, situated on its largest island. ... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... A stratovolcano, is a tall, conical mountain (volcano) composed of both hardened lava and volcanic ash. ... Mountaineering is the sport or hobby or profession of walking, hiking and climbing up mountains. ... Beautiful natural scenes are common hiking destinations Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... The Bell 206 of Canadian Helicopters Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors (propellers). ... Jeju is the smallest province of South Korea, situated on its largest island. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

The area around the mountain is a designated national park. Hallasan is commonly considered to be one of the three main mountains of South Korea, with Jirisan and Seoraksan being the other two. Jiri-san is a mountain in the south of South Korea. ... Seorak-san is the highest mountain in the Taebaek mountain range in the Gangwon province in eastern South Korea. ...

The mountain is located in the centre of the island and is often taken as representing the island itself. There is a local saying stating that Jeju island is Hallasan; and Hallasan is Jeju. The mountain can indeed be seen from all places on the island, but its peak is often covered in clouds. The mountain has been designated Korea's Natural Monument #182.

The mountain is home to Gwaneumsa, the oldest Buddhist temple on the island. The temple was originally built during the Goryeo Dynasty. Like many other temples in Korea, Gawneumsa was destroyed and rebuilt in the 20th century. There is a memorial site outside the temple, remembering the victims of the civil war that took place on Jeju between 1948 and 1950. It is one of the most visited places of the island. The Goryeo kingdom ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until the founding of Joseon in 1392. ...

There is a crater lake on Hallasan. It is called Paengnoktam. There is a legend attributing the name of the lake to otherworldly men who descend from heaven to play with white deer. Depending on the season, the circumference of the lake is up to two kilometre and depth up to about 100 metres.

The name for Hallasan is written in North Korea in Hangul as if it were "Hannasan" (한나산); however, it is still pronounced as "Hallasan". Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ...

Trails

There are four hiking trails to the top of Hallasan:

• Kwanumsa Trail - 8.3 km
• Orimok Trail - 7.8 km
• Songp'anak Trail - 9.6 km
• Yongshil Trail - 6.5 km

Footnote

1. ^  Winchester, Simon: Korea: a walk through the land of miracles (London, Penguin, 2004). Page 39.

Location of Hallasan