Umyeon-dong
| Umyeon-dong | |
|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | |
| • Hanja | |
| • Revised Romanization | Umyeon-dong |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Umyŏn-tong |
| Country | South Korea |
Umyeon-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Seocho-gu in Seoul, South Korea is part of Gangnam District and a well-known, private neighborhood for the wealthy in southern Seoul. It is a legal dong (법정동) administered under its administrative dong (행정동), Yangjae 1-dong. The first syllable of the name is derived from Umyeonsan, or Mt. Umyeon due to the geographical feature of the area has the mountain.
The mountain peak of Umyeon-San is located approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Seoul, and about 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of Gwanaksan. Satelliteviews.net lists the peak elevation as "313", while Google Earth shows the maximum elevation at 280 m (920 ft), within a populated area.
During the 2011 Seoul floods, a landslide on an unstable slope of Mount Umyeon destroyed an apartment row, killing 17 people and may have buried about ten landmines dropped on the mountainsides during the Korean War.
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