Heaven Lake

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Heaven Lake

1. A lake in Mount Paektu on the border between Jilin, China and Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province, North Korea.
   • [1950 July 24, “Background for War”, in Time‎, volume LVI, number 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30:

     Thirteenth in population (30,000,000) among the world’s nations, but only 42nd in area, Korea is washed on three sides by salt water—the Japan Sea, the Korea Strait, and the Yellow Sea (see map). It can be said to begin with a mountain, the far northern peak of Paektu (White Head), coated with glistening pumice and sheltering in its ancient crater the deep Dragon Prince’s Pool.]

   • 2015 August 11, Anna Fifield, “‘Is this really China?’ Euro-style resort offers a slow haven for a new elite.”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on September 10, 2015, World:

     More than half of the visitors to Changbaishan are families, and many come from big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou in the south. […]
     Many visitors also make the journey up the mountain, about 12 miles from the resort, in a series of buses and death-defying van rides — a day trip that affords the meteorologically fortunate with a view of Heaven Lake in its crater.

   • 2016 December 9, Nicholas St. Fleur, “Only a Rumbling Volcano Could Make North Korea and the West Play Nice”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 December 2016, Science‎:

     Today the volcano that straddles the border between China and North Korea is tranquil. Hot springs simmer on the surrounding peaks, wild blueberries grow on its green slopes and a crystal-clear pool called Heaven Lake fills its crater.

   • 2018 September 20, Hyonhee Shin, Joyce Lee, Soyoung Kim, Haejin Choi, Pyongyang Press Corps., “Fulfilling a dream, South Korea's Moon visits sacred North Korean mountain with Kim”, in Lincoln Feast, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 13 November 2018, World News‎:

     Moon and Kim took a cable car together to Heaven Lake, a caldera at the top of the mountain, and walked around the area with their wives and officials from both sides.
     Pictures showed Moon and Kim smiling and posing with their wives, and Moon filling a bottle with water from the lake.
     “The Chinese envy us because they can’t go down to the lake from their side but we can,” Kim said.
     “We should write another chapter of history between the North and the South by reflecting our new history on this Heaven Lake.”

   • 2019 September 19, “The cataclysm that created a Korean icon”, in France 24‎, archived from the original on 30 April 2022‎:

     It left behind a spectacular caldera, with steep walls plunging down from the rim to the shores of Chonji crater lake -- Heaven Lake in English -- with the China frontier running through its placid blue waters.
     Made up of rainwater and snowmelt, it is the source of the two rivers that form the border, the Tumen running to the northeast and the Amnok to the southwest, known as the Yalu in China, where the mountain is called Changbaishan.

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Tianchi