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Elevation M: | 887 | ||||||||||
Location: | South Jeolla Province, South Korea | ||||||||||
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Jogyesan, or Mount Jogye, is a mountain of South Jeolla Province in southwestern South Korea. It has an elevation of 887m (2,910feet).[1] It is the main attraction of Mount Jogye Provincial Park (Korean: 조계산도립공원).
It takes its name from the namesake Jogye Order which founded a key monastery, Songgwangsa (송광사/松廣寺), therein.
Beside the Songgwangsa, Jogyesan is also home to Seonamsa, an important monastery of the Taego Order (태고종/太古宗), a splinter group of the Jogye.