Mount Kumgang, a strikingly beautiful mountain with numerous peaks and waterfalls, has been officially included on the Unesco World Heritage list. The site, which is North Korea's third cultural heritage site, boasts exceptional natural beauty and significant evolving physiographical features. It contains Korea's most significant Buddhist mountain culture and tradition of mountain worship and pilgrimage over many centuries, featuring outstanding scenery of lofty peaks, valleys, waterfalls, pools, lagoons, and dramatic seascapes.