August 31, 2023

[Korea] The island of beautiful Shinbi, Ulleungdo Island


 

Ulleungdo Island, the ninth largest island in Korea, is a representative island created by volcanic activity, and consists of 44 annexes including Dokdo Island, Jukdo Island, the main island, and Gwaneumdo Island, which used to be inhabited but is now uninhabited. Ulleungdo Island is a natural rock climbing area consisting of cliffs cut in most areas. The coastal cliffs of Dodong, Jeodong Yongbawi Rock, Janggunbawi Rock, Samseonam Rock, and awl rock are popular climbing courses for mountaineers, and the surrounding scenery from the top is superb. A total of nine courses have been created and are still being maintained by renovating the old roads where Ulleungdo residents walked along the coast, mountains, and rivers to lead their lives from the time of pioneering to the modern era. Through Ulleung Haedam-gil, you can not only experience the lives of Ulleungdo residents in the past, but also feel the natural scenery of Ulleungdo, where the ancient mystery is preserved.


1. Ulleungdo Lighthouse (Taeha Lighthouse)

The official name is Ulleungdo Route Sign Management Office, and it is also called Ulleung Lighthouse or Taeha Lighthouse. Ulleungdo Island was called Ureungdo Island and Mureungdo Island after Silla's Isabu occupied Usanguk, an independent country, in 512 (the 13th year of King Jijeung of Silla), and was renamed in 1915, and the entire island was formed by volcanic action. In the center of the island, there is Seonginbong Peak (984m), the highest peak, and on the northern slope, there is the Nari Basin created by the collapse of the caldera crater, and there is little flatland and the coast is mostly composed of cliffs. It is a pentagonal shape with an area of 72.82㎢. There is a village called Taeha at the end of Daepunggam at the western end of Ulleungdo Island. There is a theory that Taeha was called because there were many laver (Haetae), and a theory that it was called foggy. The Ulleungdo Lighthouse was first lit in 1958 and has served as a watchman for ships sailing near Ulleungdo Island. The lantern tower has a white circular concrete structure and is 7.6m high, and in October 2003, it was replaced with a large-sized lamp with a prism lens rotating type developed by domestic technology, and the light goes up to 50km. The hiking trail to Ulleungdo Lighthouse is composed of naturally made trails and green forests, and it is loved as a hiking course by tourists because of its gentle slope and beautiful rock cliffs and scenery.

* First Light Date - 11 April 1958

* Structure - White round concrete construction (7.6m)

* Isostatic - Flashback 25 seconds 1 flash (FLW 25s)

* Characteristic - Located in Daepunggam, a juniper colony at the western end of Ulleungdo Island at the eastern end of Korea, it serves as a sign for Daehwatoe fishing grounds and ships operating from land to Ulleungdo Island.


2. Gwaneumdo Island (Ulneungdo, Dokdo National Geopark)

Gwaneumdo Island has a total area of 71,405m2, a height of 106m, and a circumference of about 800m, and is the third largest Ulleungdo island after Jukdo (207,868m2) and Dokdo (187,554m2). Currently, it is an uninhabited island, but in 2012, a bridge, or Yeondogyo Bridge, was built between Ulleungdo Island's island area and Gwaneumdo Island, allowing visitors to explore Gwaneumdo Island on foot. However, access is controlled when the wind is strong, so you must check whether you can access the main screen of the Ulleung-gun Office website in advance.

Gwaneumdo Island is also called Kkaksae Island because of its large number of kkaksae, and it is recommended as an ecological exploration destination because of its seasonal vegetation.In spring, you can see barley rice tree fruit, oriental raisin, horse squirt flower, and mugwort young leaf, and in summer, you can see island body flower, horse squirt fruit, sea magpie mustache flower, and herbaceous flower. In autumn, you can see silver grass, reeds, barley rice-tree flowers, and light purple Wanghaeguk, and you can see pine, persimmon, hibak, and camellia flowers.

Gwaneumdo Island was formed by the eruption of rough rock lava several times, and the surface of the island is covered with pumice. There are two caves about 14m high on the coastal cliff north of Gwaneumdo Island, called Gwaneum Ssanggul Cave, and it was created by the collapse of rocks along columnar joints and horizontal joints developed in tidal rocks by sea.It is said to have been used as a pirate's den in the past, and there is a theory that if you drink water from the ceiling of the cave, you will live a long life.


3. Dodong Coastal Trail (Ulneung-do, Dokdo National Geopark)

The coastal mountain book is followed by low-dong coast, and it is known as a coastal mountain book, and it is known as the coastal mountain road, and is known as the coastal road of Ulleungdo Island.Since there are excellent accessibility facilities such as rainbow legs, geographical parks, geographical names such as LED, geographical parks, and geographical parks are excellent accessibility to tourists.


The coastal mountain book is observed that various geographical structure between Ulleungdo Island, which has been characteristics of the early volcanic activity.In DO-dong, the number of cancer stone generations are generally young, and rocks, and rocks, and rocks, and rocks are scattered in the order of volcanic rocks, and rocks produced in the order of rocks.