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Garisan (Gangwon)

mountain in Gangwon State, South Korea

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ626077 ↗
Source-derived summary

Garisan (Korean: 가리산) is a mountain in Gangwon Province, South Korea. It sits on the boundary between Chuncheon and Hongcheon County. Garisan has an elevation of 1,050.7 m (3,447 ft).

See also

List of mountains in Korea

References

Sources

An, Gyeong-ho (2004). 한국 200 명산 [200 Mountains of Korea] (in Korean). Seoul: 깊은솔 (Gipeunsol). ISBN 978-89-89917-14-4.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Garisan (Gangwon)” as mountain in Gangwon State, South Korea. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Garisan, Gangwon and mountain.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Garisan, Gangwon and mountain providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Garisan (Gangwon)”, the useful work is to connect “mountain in Gangwon State, South Korea” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q626077. Authority coordinates are 37.871, 127.956. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Garisan (Gangwon)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Garisan (Gangwon) primary sources, Garisan (Gangwon) archive and Garisan research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Garisan (Gangwon)”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Garisan (Gangwon)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.