Seongsan Ilchulbong
Seongsan Ilchulbong | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 성산일출봉 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seongsan ilchulbong |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏngsan ilch‘ulbong |
Seongsan Ilchulbong, also called ‘Sunrise Peak’, is an archetypal
Geological characteristics
Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone was formed by
Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone erupted in very moist and sticky conditions allowing a lot of water to permeate into the volcanic vent, making the diverse depositional features of a wet eruption. The wet hydrovolcanic activity continued until the end of the eruption. Consequently, the tuff has a bowl-like crater unfilled by scoria or lava.
Except for the northwestern park, the Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone forms a steep cliff because of the resultant wave following its eruptions. Through these eruptions, Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone shows a perfect cross section from the intracrater strata to the marginal strata. Its diverse geological structures are considered to have great geological importance because they may be used to interpret not only the past volcanic activity of the Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone but also eruptive and depositional processes of hydromagmatic volcanoes worldwide.
There are numerous hydromagmatic volcanoes similar to the Seongsan Ilchulbong, but there are no other known hydromagmatic volcanoes with a well-preserved tuff cone and diverse internal structures along a sea cliff. Because of these scientific values and remarkable scenery, Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone was designated as a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO as part of Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes and it is worth preserving permanently as a natural heritage of humankind.[5]
Natural ecosystem
The Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone's flora is composed of 222
Climbing
It takes usually one hour to climb to the top and to go down, using stairs, for an admission fee.[4] The area is open from 7:10 am to 7 pm in summer and 7:30 am to 6 pm in winter. There is also a luggage storage room before the entrance.
See also
References
- ISSN 1365-3091.
- ISSN 0016-7606.
- ^ "National Parks of Korea: Jeju in winter". Osan Air Base. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ a b "Destinations by Region : VisitKorea Destinations by Region Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone [UNESCO World Heritage] (성산일출봉 [유네스코 세계문화유산]) | Official Korea Tourism Organization". Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ "Natural sites in Madagascar, China and Korea inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List". Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Tourism Association
- "World Heritage sites (South Korea)". Korea Herald. 2010-03-30.
- "Jeju volcanic island and lava tubes: Invaluable ecological treasure trove". Korea Herald. 2008-09-12.
- "Jeju sites named UNESCO global geoparks". Korea Herald. 2010-10-04.
- "A UNESCO Sunrise Seongsan Ilchulbong". The Korea Times. 2008-06-26.
- "Seongsan Ilchulbong, Jeju's Floating Castle". The Jeju Weekly. 2011-01-16.
- "Visitors to Seongsan Sunrise Peak up 25% in 2011". The Jeju Weekly. 2012-01-02.