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Sanbangsan Mountain
Sanbangsan () is a volcano located on the southwest coast of Jeju Island, in , Seogwipo, Jeju Province, South Korea. It is a trachytic lava dome that is tall. Part of the Jeju Island UNESCO Global Geoparks, UNESCO Global Geopark, the mountain is a popular tourist site and one of Jeju Island's main scenic geological features, alongside Hallasan and Seongsan Ilchulbong. Etymology and mythology Sanbangsan means "mountain with a cave". This name refers to the cave Sanbanggul (), which is located on the mountain. Water that falls from the ceiling of the cave is said to be the tears of Sanbangdeok (), a goddess that protects the mountain. According to legend, the grandmother deity Seolmundae Halmang plucked Hallasan's peak and fashioned it into Sanbangsan's current form. Description The mountain is a lava dome made of trachyte, and is largely a light gray color. It is 395 m tall. It is roughly circular, occupies of space, has a circumference of , and has a diameter of . Unlike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeju Province
Jeju Province, officially Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, is one of the nine provinces of South Korea. The province comprises Jeju Island (; ), formerly transliterated as Cheju or Cheju Do, the country's largest island. It was previously known as Quelpart to Europeans and during the Japanese occupation of Korea, Japanese occupation as Saishū. The island lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of South Jeolla Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946. Its capital is Jeju City and it is home to South Korea, South Korea's tallest mountain, Hallasan. History Early history According to the legend, three demigods emerged from Samseong mythology, Samseong, which is said to have been on the northern slopes of Halla Mountain, Mt. Halla and became the progenitors of the Jeju people, who founded the Kingdom of Tamna. It has also been claimed that three brothers, including Ko-hu, who were the 15th descendants of Koulla, one of the progenitors of the Jej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
