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	Hallasan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hallasan is the highest mountain of South Korea.
		Hallasan is commonly considered to be one of the three main mountains of South Korea, with Jirisan and Seoraksan being the other two.
		The mountain is located in the centre of the island and is often taken as representing the island itself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Halla-san (308 words)

	List of mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The rankings are derived from the list of highest mountains, which ranks mountains separated by 500m of prominence.
		Halla Mountain (1,950 m), volcano, highest peak in South Korea
		Mauna Loa - a volcanic seamount that is earth's largest mountain, when measured from its base under the ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_mountains (1988 words)

	Background Essay no. 120 \| Geography of the Koreas \| AskAsia.org
		Mountains and streams are indeed the dominant characteristics of Korean terrain.
		The highest mountain in South Korea is Halla Mountain, a volcanic peak at the center of Cheju Island.
		For example, January at the snowless foot of Halla Mountain on Cheju Island is much milder than January at the snowbound foot of Paektu Mountain in North Korea.
	www.askasia.org /teachers/essays/essay.php?no=120 (2116 words)

	moutain & Oreum
		Halla is regarded as one of the three spiritual mountains along with Mt. Keumgang and Mt. Jiri.
		Halla located in the center of Jeju-do, a young quaternary volcanic island had been formed by volcanic activity until 25,000 years and surrounded by 368 parasitic cones called "Oreum".
		A volcano with this kind of crater is called homate (spherical volcano.) The height of the mountain itself is equal to the diameter of the mountain.
	web.syr.edu /~jahn01/mt-frame.htm (771 words)

	Sanbangsa Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At 5850 feet (1950 meters), Halla San is the highest peak in all of South Korea.
		Yongju San, meaning "Mountain of the Blessed Isle," was believed by the ancient Chinese to form a sort of bridge between heaven and earth.
		Farther down the mountain, near the southwest coast, is the cave temple of Sanbangsa, once a pagan shrine, now a Buddhist sanctuary.
	www.sacredsites.com /asia/korea/cheju_do.html (922 words)

	korea
		The most imposing and only-for-the-brave (or common senseless in my case) attraction is Halla Mountain, Korea's highest peak.
		What we anticipated to be a leisurely trail walk in Halla National Park turned into a nine hour long, sweaty, knee-breaking, wet, windy, twenty kilometer trudge to the summit of Mount Halla.
		Halla Mountain itself though is a MUST for would be travelers to Korea,especially you outdoor types.
	www.angelfire.com /falcon/travellogone/korea.html (980 words)

	Welcome Greeting from General Chair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Halla, which rises 1,950 m (5,350 ft.) above sea level, is the highest peak in the Republic of Korea.
		From Halla Mountain rising up to 1,950m in the center of the island, there are gentle slopes to east and west and steep slopes to north and south.
		Halla is often said to be the only a mountain in Jeju Island and others are merely parasitic volcanoes.
	iutsun1.colmar.uha.fr /jeju.html (3512 words)

	donga.com [english donga]
		Its main peak, Halla, is located at the center of the island, and is joined by 368 hills that cover the rest.
		Of course, from Halla Mountain’s summit the beach and the ocean are clearly visible too.
		In addition to climbing a steep mountain path for about 30 minutes, it’s not just the shape of a bald mountain, you need to pass through a forest also.
	english.donga.com /srv/service.php3?biid=2006040778738 (797 words)

	The Elven Dream (Part 11) - Nightwish.com Forum
		She was captured in a raid by the Dark Star templars under the command of Morthos in the Great War, was tortured, and believed to have been executed by Julianna herself, though Halla's body was never recovered.
		As he describes her beauty, Galen can't help but see her as though she is standing right beside Eric, and feels that somehow he has seen Halla before even though she died when he (Galen) was a child.
		As Órækja talks on he remembers the day of his marriage to Halla, and wraps himself in the rapture of that moment, seeing both Jareth and Leiðólfr bear witness as Váli consummates the union.
	www.nightwish.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=8475 (2471 words)

	Korea Travel: Sanbang-san Mountain (Jeju Island)
		Sanbang-san Mountain suddenly rises 395 meters from otherwise flat grasslands near the southern coast.
		The mountain also contains two large temples: Sanbanggul-sa was built inside a cave during the Koryo Dynasty (918-1392), and Bobong-sa, a large temple just off the coastal road.
		The angry King of Heaven ripped off the top of the mountain where he had been holding on to it, and cast it towards the sea.
	www.lifeinkorea.com /Travel2/Cheju/107 (172 words)

	Mountain View Voice: Obituaries (April 14, 2006)
		Patricia Halla Nelson, a 58-year resident of Mountain View and former employee at NASA Ames, passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 1.
		Nelson was a lifelong resident of Santa Clara County, born in Gilroy, raised in San Jose, and residing in Mountain View since 1948.
		Nelson was preceded in death by her brothers F. Robert Halla and Thomas Michael Halla, by her sister Dorothy Halla Schmidt, and by her husband of 58 years, Leonard V. Nelson.
	www.mv-voice.com /story.php?story_id=1340 (342 words)

	Sacred Sites in Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Dramatic-looking peak with a cave-temple dedicated to the Buddhist Bodhisattva of Compassion (one of Korea's eight special shrines for Avalokitesvara the Bodhisattva of Compassion [Gwanse-eum Bosal in Korean], which are thought of as his “residence”, parallel to Putuo-shan of China); also 3 Buddhist temples.
		It shares the same name with the mythical mountain on which Korea's semi-divine founding-king was born.
		This was the most sacred mountain of the Goryeo capital region; some temple and shrine sites remain.
	www.sacredsites.com /asia/korea/korea.html (2450 words)

	Hveravellir \| english.ust.is
		South of the older mountain hut there is a small hot pool (visitors may not use the hut as a changing room).
		Visitors in the mountain huts and campground are to refrain from disturbing others from 11 pm to 7 am.
		From platforms set up to protect the hot spring area near the older mountain hut of the Touring Club of Iceland, Fr, the way leads to a refuge identified with an outlaw from former times (Eyvindartóft) and a shelter along the edge of the lava field.
	english.ust.is /National-Parks/Protectedareas/Hveravellir (2761 words)

	South Korea - Topography and Drainage
		Early European visitors to Korea remarked that the land resembled "a sea in a heavy gale" because of the large number of successive mountain ranges that crisscross the peninsula.
		The tallest mountain in South Korea is Mount Halla (1,950 meters), which is the cone of a volcanic formation constituting Cheju Island.
		Approximately 30 percent of the area of South Korea consists of lowlands, with the rest consisting of uplands and mountains.
	countrystudies.us /south-korea/30.htm (500 words)

	Untitled Document
		With Mt. Halla rising in the middle of the island, Jeju-do is covered with strangely shaped rocks, swamps, parasitic volcanoes, craters, caves, grasslands, woods and valleys abundant with animals and plants.
		Seokda is originated from the Mt. Halla volcanic activity of the past.
		Royal azalea blossoms of spring, shady nooks of summer, maples of fall, snow scopes of winter on Mt. Halla mountain and the variance of sea surrounding the island, all attract the tourists.
	web.syr.edu /~jahn01/history-frame.htm (811 words)

	World Cup 2002 with Franz Beckenbauer - Naharnet
		Seogwipo (dpa) - At the foot of South Korea's highest elevation the Mount Halla (1,950 meters) lies Seogwipo, the country's most southern and smallest venue for the 2002 World Cup.
		The island is overtowered by the Halla Mountain, an extinct volcano visible from nearly every point on Jeju.
		The Manjanggul cave on the northeastern coast is known to be the longest lava tube in the world at 13.4 kilometres.
	web.naharnet.com /worldcup/hosts.asp?id=104 (571 words)

	WorldTravelGate.net® - Culture of Jeju Do (Cheju Do), South Korea.
		The mountain Halla and surrounding area is a national park.
		Over 160 carvings are displayed in this park where nature itself becomes an expansive exhibition hall spreading from Mountain Halla to the coast.
		Within the park are many ponds, an observation tower, souvenir centers and children's amusement facilities, providing additional destinations after time spent appreciating the park's collection of sculptures.
	www.asiatravelling.net /korea_south/cheju_do/cheju_do_culture.htm (360 words)

	Korea Travel: Halla-san National Park (Jeju Island)
		, and Halla Mountain is Jeju Island.") The volcanic peak is South Korea's highest point at 1950 meters.
		Although the mountain can be seen from all points on the island, the peak is often hidden by clouds.
		However, climbing up to that point helps one to feel the actual height of the mountain and experience the fantasy of floating in the sky.
	www.lifeinkorea.com /Travel2/89 (282 words)

	Attractions
		Mt. Halla is one of the 3 most famous mountains in Korea.
		Mt. Halla has a spectacular view from any angle and its beauty in each of the four seasons is so different, yet equally magnificent, it is a mystery in itself.
		Known as the 'the mountain tall enough to draw in the Galaxy', at the top of Mt. Halla is a lake with a diameter of 500m called Baekrokdam Lake, that was formed by a volcanic eruption 25,000 years ago.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/jeju/attractions.htm (3200 words)

	Jeju-do -- Korea's Island of the Spirits
		The other most important spirits here were and are the Halla-san-shin [Spirit of Halla Mountain] and the Yong-wang [Dragon-King of all waters], representing the two most prominent natural features affecting the people every day.
		Mountains, especially the volcanic Halla-san, were respected with regular rituals at unadorned volcanic-rock altars.
		My first visit to Jeju-do was 15 days in the summer of 1986; traveling all around the island on the dirt roads by local buses and climbing to the peak of Halla in the humid heat, I found only 3 San-shin paintings (though I'm sure there were more).
	san-shin.org /Jejudo-01.html (731 words)

	Fiction by Andy Crown. Adoration of the Korean: Expatriate Tales Made in Korea
		Unanimously, we despised those ubiquitous, identical, concrete congeries interlaced with curving traffic jams underneath which were roads weaving each dirty gray concrete jungle to the next aesthetic wasteland disturbing the morning calm quiet of the valleys and hills of Southeast Kyoungsangnamdo Province.
		His eyes knowingly followed the words on the page, which may as well have been inscribed in Braille as far as Jinny and I were concerned, since neither she nor I could read Korean.
		We sat together talking on the bus and she told me how she liked the still blue mountain sky more than the shifting blue sea since it was on top of Chirisan that the indestructible boundless sky first entered into her.
	www.andycrown.net /boundless_sky.htm (6904 words)

	Korea Geography
		South Korea is located in Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea.
		Approximately 70 percent of land area of South Korea is mountains and uplands.
		Tallest mountain--Mount Halla at 1,950 meters, a volcanic cone located on Cheju Island.
	www.multied.com /NationbyNation/Korea/Geo.html (147 words)

	Experience the beauty of Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Korea is not a very touristy country, but it has many great mountains with wonderful ski resorts, historic places, beautiful beaches and islands, and kind people.
		There are many great mountains in Korea, as 70% of Korea is composed of mountains.
		It is the most valued mountain in South Korea for its excellent scenery.
	www.ilsc-vancouver.com /studentpages/journalism/Yeolarticle.htm (849 words)

	Poetry on the Peaks
		Jiri, one of the most sacred mountains in Korea, was Korea's first national park, established in 1967.
		The main mountain range of Korea starts from Mt. Paekdu which borders China and North Korea and ends at Mt. Jiri in the south.
		Sue infinitely prefers level ground to mountains and at several points cried, "Is this what I have to do to get published, forget it!" Nevertheless she would not give up the hike even when it began to hurt.
	www.rattapallax.com /mountain_mt_mani.htm (619 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Pendragon: The Guide to the Territories of Halla, Pendragon Ser.
		Description: This special illustrated volume is a must-have for Pendragon fans, as it gives them a chance to experience the wonder of Halla as only Bobby Pendragon has in the series.
		Thus we are gifted with this book from the "Pendragon" series--a guide to the alternate universe of Halla and its hero Traveler from Second Earth, sixteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon.
		From the watery depths of Cloral to the rugged mountain ranges of Denduron to the jungles of Eelong, from the Earth territories to the decaying fantasy world of Veelox, it¹s all here.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=54577169&srchTerms=1416900144&mediaType=1&srchType=ISBN (338 words)

	South Korea - Sights
		Mt.Halla is a beautiful mountain which rises in the center of Cheju Island to 6500 feet is the highest mountain in South Korea.
		If you climb the mountain you can see 1800 varities of plants from subtropical ones such as Samphire to alpine plants like Dipensia.
		These rocks which rise loftly toward the sky are different from each other, so that people call them 500 disciples of Buddha or 500 generals.
	www.republic-korea-facts.com /Sights-105.html (161 words)

	About Us - Mountain Buddies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mountain Buddies is owned and operated by myself, Jim Halla and by my wife, Kristen.
		She is still a nurse and spends her off days at the store, where she is an integral part of the Mountain Buddies team.
		On April 8th of 2005, we opened the doors to Mountain Buddies at 17 N. 4th Street in Hudson, New York.
	www.mountainbuddies.com /about.htm (457 words)

	Welcome to HANWHA RESORTS
		Located approximately 12km from south Jeju City in the central region of Jeju Island, off of the south coast of South Korea, the resort is set in the Jeju Tourist District and the Cheju-do Sub-Tourist District.
		Tourist attractions include numerous waterfalls, the San-Gumburi Crater, the Sangyong Cave, Halla Mountain National Park and the Chung-mun Resort Complex.
		A full service resort condominium which will be ecluipped with 397 guest rooms, a 9 hole golf course, theme park and a wide variety of amenities.
	www.hanwharesort.co.kr /irsweb/resort/english/guide/resort_jeju.asp (151 words)

	[No title]
		Located on Cheju Island, Hallasan is the highest mountain in South Korea (1,950 meters).
		I've never seen Sorak Mountain but it is the most famous mountain in South Korea.
		Chirisan is the second highest mountain in South Korea.
	members.tripod.com /~krebmaster/hankuk/travel.html (463 words)

	Jeju-do Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Hallasan National Park - one of the nicest Nat'l Parks in Korea with Mount Halla rising from the middle.
		Halla mountain changes its appearance according to the seasons.
		You must prepare for the sudden changes of high mountain of 1950m height before climbing and be accompanied by guides so that you wont get lost especially in Winter.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/South_Korea/Jeju_do/Things_To_Do-Jeju_do-BR-4.html (741 words)

	gdimension: Nature of Jeju
		This was one of the other reasons there were so many snakes (1, 2, 3) at Halla Arboretum a few weeks ago.
		According to the news, Halla Mountain has already received 270 cm of snow this winter, and that is expected to top 300 cm with this storm.
		Depending on how high up the mountain you are, they are starting to die off by this time, though.
	gdimension.typepad.com /gdimension/nature_of_jeju (8165 words)

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