PHOTOS: Pictorial album of Mount Baekdu's landscapes

백두산 — Sunset glow over Lake Chon/ Captured from a pictorial album by the Foreign Languages Publishing House

SEOUL, July 11 (AJP) - North Korea’s Foreign Languages Publishing House released a new pictorial album in June showcasing the natural landscapes of Mount Baekdu and Lake Chon.

Mount Baekdu, which stands at 2,744 meters, is the highest peak on the Korean Peninsula. Its summit features Lake Chon, a caldera lake. The lake has a circumference of 14 kilometers, an average depth of 213 meters, and a maximum depth of 384 meters. From mid-October to mid-May, Lake Chon is typically covered in ice and snow.

백두산정의 저녁 노을 — Rock formations at the summit of Mount Paektu/ Captured from a pictorial album by the Foreign Languages Publishing House

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