Sobaeksan (Sobaek Mountain) is a mountain of the Sobaek Mountains, in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

. It lies between

Danyang County Danyang County (''Danyang-gun'') is in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Symbols *County tree: Yew tree *County bird: Magpie *County flower: Royal Azalea Geography The geographical terrain is 83.7% mountainous and 11.2% cultivable. It is ...

in the province of

Chungcheongbuk-do North Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청북도, ''Chungcheongbuk-do''), also known as Chungbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Chungcheong has a population of 1,578,934 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Hoseo region in the ...

and the city of Yeongju in the province of

Gyeongsangbuk-do North Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상북도, translit=Gyeongsangbuk-do, ) is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the ...

. It has an elevation of .Yu 2007, p.353. The

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) is the national research institute in astronomy and space science of South Korea funded by the South Korean Government. Its headquarters are located in Daejeon, in the Daedeok Science Town. ...

operates an observatory on this mountain.Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory
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* {{coord, 36, 57, 36, N, 128, 29, 05, E, type:mountain_source:kolossus-kowiki, display=title Mountains of South Korea Mountains of North Chungcheong Province Mountains of North Gyeongsang Province Sobaek Mountains

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