Diamond Mountains, Korea [005]

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Title Diamond Mountains, Korea [005]
Photo Number Box 41, Korea, Mt. Sorak and Mt. Toham, 17
Description Photograph shows a mountain scene, probably in the Diamond Mountains of Korea
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1965
Subject Diamond Mountains (Korea)--Photographs; Mountains--Korea--Photographs; Trails--Korea--Photographs; Autumn--Korea--Photographs; Fall foliage--Korea--Photographs; Trees--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 Korea
Caption on Slide Trail in mountains near Sorak, 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. Note: Appears to be similar to images with File Names: sl_koreancourseA010 (with caption information provided as: "AT 10 Trail in the Diamond Mountains, Sorak, Korea. Photo: Lennox Tierney") and diamond_mts_005 (with caption information provided as: "Mt. Trail near Sorak Korea").
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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s63b6g90
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 333374
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63b6g90
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