| Title |
Diamond Mountains, Korea [002] |
| Photo Number |
Box 41, Korea, Diamond Mts. and Other Mts., 3 |
| Caption on Slide |
Mountains of Kuchoen-dong, Muju Korea. |
| Description |
Photo shows a scene in the Diamond Mountains of Korea, with rock outcroppings among dense forest in Muju County, North Jeolla Province |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1975 |
| Subject |
Diamond Mountains (Korea)--Photographs; Mountains--Korea--Photographs; Trees--Korea--Photographs; Rivers--Korea--Photographs; Canyons--Korea--Photographs; Korea; Kŭmgang |
| Keywords |
Kŭmgangsan; Kŭmgang-san |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Spatial Coverage |
Diamond Mountains (Korea); Muju-gun (Korea) |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "[Mt.] Kumgang (Korean pronunciation: [kɯmɡaŋsan]) is a 1,638 metres (5,374 ft)-high mountain in Kangwon-do, North Korea. It is about 50 km away from South Korea's Sokcho in Gangwon-do. It is one of the best-known mountains in North Korea.[1] It is located on the east coast of the country, in Mount Kumgang Tourist Region, formerly part of Kangwŏn Province (38.58N, 128.17E). Mount Kumgang is part of the Taebaek mountain range which runs along the east of the Korean peninsula. The name means Vajra (or Diamond) Mountain."--Wikipedia. |
| Type |
Image |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6rj51qk |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
333872 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rj51qk |
