South Korea - Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (2007)
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes together comprises three sites that make up 18,846 ha. It includes Geomunoreum, regarded as the finest lava tube system of caves anywhere, with its multicoloured carbonate roofs and floors, and dark-coloured lava walls; the fortress-like Seongsan Ilchulbong tuff cone, rising out of the ocean, a dramatic landscape; and Mount Haila, the highest in Korea, with its waterfalls, multi-shaped rock formations, and lake-filled crater. The site, is outstanding aesthetic beauty, also bears testimony to the history of the planet, it features and processes.

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Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes is a coherent serial property comprising three components.  The unequalled quality of the Geomunoreum lava tube system and the exhibition of diverse and accessible volcanic features in the other two components demonstrate a distinctive and important contribution to the understanding of global volcanism (read more).