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Hallasan (Korean: 한라산) is a shield volcano comprising much of Jeju Island in South Korea.Its summit, at 1,947 m (6,388 ft), is the highest point in the country. The area around the mountain is a designated national park, named Hallasan National Park.
A central feature of Jeju is Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea and a dormant volcano, which rises 1,950 meters above sea level. The main volcano includes 360 satellite volcanoes. Volcanic activity on Jeju began approximately in the Cretaceous and lasted until the early Tertiary period. The most recent eruptions are estimated to be ...
Hallasan is a shield volcano that is the highest mountain in South Korea. It was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2002, [1] and a World Heritage Site in 2007. [2] The park is managed by Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. It is the only out of 22 national parks that is not managed by the Korea National Park Service. [3]
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Jeju is a volcanic island, dominated by Hallasan: a volcano 1,947 metres (6,388 ft) high and the highest mountain in South Korea. The island measures approximately 73 kilometres (45 mi) across, east to west, and 41 kilometres (25 mi) from north to south. [23] The island also has around 360 oreum: small extinct volcanoes or parasitic cones. [24]
The first eruption in 38 years of the world's largest active volcano is attracting onlookers for "spectacular" views. (Nov. 30) (AP video: Caleb Jones)
There are no active volcanoes in Korea. [1] North Korea and South Korea have two volcanoes at the moment. Backdu mountain is located in Ryanggang Province and Ch'uga-ryong is located in Anbyon County, Kangwon Province, North Korea. Hallasan is located in Jeju Province and Ulleungdo is located in North Gyeongsang Province.
The oreum is one of the secondary volcanoes around the Hallasan volcano, which is the highest mountain in South Korea. Through continuing scientific research, it is thought that Mulyeongari Oreum was formed by volcanic activity continuing for 2,500 years at the end of the third Cenozoic Era on Jeju Island .