South Korea Physical Map
A free printable physical map of South Korea, with elevation shown in color and shaded relief. The labeled version names the mountain ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, seas and highest peaks, plus the capital and largest cities. The blank version leaves them off for students to fill in.
Highest Point
Hallasan, Jeju Island
6,388 ft
Lowest Point
Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan coasts
sea level
Choose your version
Labeled or blank.
Both are free PDFs sized for US Letter paper.
Labeled
Ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, lakes, seas and the highest peaks, all named. Use it as a reference or an answer key.
downloadLabeled PDF
Blank
The same terrain with no names and a name line at the top, for students to label the features themselves.
downloadBlank PDFThe physical geography of South Korea
About 70 percent of South Korea is mountains and hills. The Taebaek Mountains run down the east coast and form the backbone of the Korean Peninsula, with the Sobaek Mountains branching off to the southwest. The widest plains are in the west and south, along the Yellow Sea, where most of the rivers flow. The south and west coasts are broken into thousands of small islands. Jeju, the largest island, is a volcano whose summit, Hallasan, is the country’s highest point.
Major rivers
- Han
- Nakdong
- Geum
- Yeongsan
- Seomjin
Find it on the map
- The Taebaek Mountains along the east coast
- The many islands off the south and west coasts
- Jeju Island in the south
Built from real data, not stock images.
The terrain is drawn from a global elevation model (Mapzen terrain tiles, built from NASA SRTM and other public surveys). Coastlines, rivers, lakes and feature names come from Natural Earth. The colors are spread over this country’s own elevation range, so its terrain shows clearly whether it is flat or mountainous.
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