Galsan Park갈산공원

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Unlike the other mountains in Yangcheon-gu, which are mostly rounded, Galsan boasts a dramatic eastern face cut away like a cliff. Long erosion by Anyangcheon Stream left the summit as sharp as a blade, so the mountain was once called Kalsan, meaning "knife mountain," before the name was softened to Galsan. A children's traffic park sits at the entrance, a central plaza and walking trails offer places to rest along the slopes, and an observatory at the summit gives a sweeping view of the Yangcheon area. At the top of Galsan stands Galsanjeong Pavilion, and next to it is Korea's first primary triangulation point.