The
Baitou Mountain or
Baitoushan (白頭山 in
pinyin: bai2 tou2 shan1, literal meaning: "White-Headed Mountain"), known as
Paektu-san in
Korean, is the highest peak of the
Changbai Mountains (2,744 m) and marks the border between
China and
North Korea. It is the highest mountain of the
Korean peninsula. A lake called Tianchi (天池;
Heavenly Lake) lies on the top of it.