Paektu/Baekdu/Changbai Mountain
Paektu/Baekdu/Changbai Mountain volcano, April 2003
Highest point
Elevation	2,744 metres (9,003  ft )
Prominence	2,593 m (8,507 ft)
Coordinates	42°00′20″N 128°03′19″E  /  42.00556°N 128.05528°E  / 42.00556; 128.05528
Geography
Location	Ryanggang , ( North Korea ) Jilin , ( China )
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1903 [1]

Paektu Mountain (also called Baekdu Mountain ) or Changbai Mountain is a volcano on the border between North Korea and China . ^[2] This mountain is 54.5% in North Korean territory , 45.5% in China. The Korean name is Paektu-san or Baekdu-san, which means "white head mountain". The Chinese name is Changbai-shan, which means " snow that piles up on the large mountain".

Paektu has a large caldera ( crater lake ). It is called Heaven Lake . Koreans call it "Cheon-ji" lake, Chinese call it "Tiandi" lake. It is 2,744 metres above sea level and is the highest mountain of all Korea . The Beijing Olympic torch was lit on Paektu/Changbai Mountain. Heaven Lake is a caldera made by a gigantic volcanic eruption in 969 AD (± 20 years) which had a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 7. ^{[3] [4]} The 969 eruption, which is called the "Millennium" or "Tianchi" eruption, was one of the most violent eruptions in the last 5,000 years, comparable to the 180 AD " Hatepe eruption " of Lake Taupo and the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora . ^[5]

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