Literary or formal demonstrative noun referring to a distant place, often with a poetic or old-fashioned feel. In modern Japanese, あそこ or あちら are more common.
They say that in that place, unseen scenery stretches out.
Those who visit that place are left speechless by its beauty.
Standard kanji spelling for this literary demonstrative noun.
Variant spelling using kana for かの; less common but still encountered.
Compound of classical demonstrative 彼 (か, 'that') + possessive particle の + 地 (ち, 'land/place'). The reading かのち reflects older Japanese morphology.