Mount Kumgang

Mount Kumgang
Highest point
Elevation	1,638 m (5,374 ft)
Coordinates	38°39′24″N 128°06′18″E / 38.65667°N 128.10500°E / 38.65667; 128.10500
Geography
Location	Mount Kumgang Tourist Region, North Korea
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	금강산
Hancha	金剛山
Revised Romanization	Geumgangsan
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭmgangsan

Mount Kumgang (Korean: 금강산; RR: Geumgangsan; MR: Kŭmgangsan; lit. Diamond Mountain) or the Kumgang Mountains is a mountain massif, with a 1,638-metre-high (5,374 ft) peak, in Kangwon-do, North Korea. It is located on the east coast of the country, in Mount Kumgang Tourist Region, formerly part of Kangwŏn Province, and is part of the Taebaek mountain range which runs along the east of the Korean Peninsula. The mountain is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the South Korean city of Sokcho in Gangwon-do.