Your bucket lists for Jeju Island-Episode1-Seongsan Ilchulbong Sunrise Peak(성산일출봉)
Jeju Island(제주도), the most favorite attractions wish to
go for Korean as well as foreign traveler inside Korea. According to
statistics, there were over 15 million of peoples visited here during last
year. In recent years, 'To live in Jeju Island for a month' has become a wannabe
life style to Korean. People love its’ unique stunning nature and quite different culture compared with the
main land.
The view of Seongsan ilchulbong(sunrise peak) from the next seashore |
Thanks to mild and warm temperature all the year and masterpiece resulted in specific volcanic activity, this island has boasted diverse flora, dark gray volcanic rocks and ash soil, clean and awesome emerald color beaches. This is treasure box of geo-nature. It is said that it was made by several times of volcanic eruption ever since made 700 to 1200 thousand years before. I dare say that the best attractions spot among spectacular beautiful views in this awesome island must be the very right Seongsan Sunrise Peak(성산일출봉,Seongsan ilchulbong). This is situated in the eastern seaboard of Jeju Island. For this reason, spectacular sunrise always was given to the early morning hikers. On each New Year’s here is crowded with lots of people who meet the first sun of the year and make a wish while see the wonderful sunrise.
FACTS: This is
the typical soft tuff cone in the world and provides important formula text
about the eruptive and depositional process of hydro-magmatic volcanoes. It
said, this was made by the hydro-magmatic eruption of volcano under shallow sea
bed, just under the sea about 120 meters in depth, five thousand years before
presumably. This peak has vertical cliffs showing diverse inner structures in
three sides except west side of it formed by erosive action of the strong winds
and waves since ever made. In 2007, Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes became
the first site selected for its natural significance by UNESCO. It ranked top 7
in the world superb natural landscape in 2011.
TIPS: The best
time to visit Jeju Is. is in the spring or in the fall. Jeju Island has lots of
tourist attractions to see and feel. Segmenting it
into east, west, south, middle and neighbouring islands is also one of the ways
to save your time.