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Garisan (Gyeonggi)

mountain in South Korea

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5523363 ↗
Source-derived summary

Garisan (Korean: 가리산) is a mountain in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Its sits on the boundary between Pocheon and Gapyeong County. Garisan has an elevation of 774.3 m (2,540 ft).

See also

List of mountains in Korea

References

Sources

Yu, Jeong-yeol (2007). 한국의 산 여행 [Travel Guide to Korean Mountains] (in Korean). Seoul: 관동 상억연구회 (Kwandong). ISBN 978-89-958055-1-0.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Garisan, Gyeonggi and mountain providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

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

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5523363. Authority coordinates are 38.038, 127.403. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007.

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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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Garisan (Gyeonggi)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Garisan (Gyeonggi) primary sources, Garisan (Gyeonggi) 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

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This entry incorporates text from “Garisan (Gyeonggi)” 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.