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The Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park () is a park in Zhushan Township,
Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...
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established to commemorate the 21 September 1999 earthquake. It is the subordinate park to the
National Museum of Natural Science The National Museum of Natural Science () is a national museum in North District, Taichung, Taiwan. Overview The museum covers and is a six-venue complex housing: the Space Theater, Science Center, Life Science Hall, Human Cultures Hall, Gl ...
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History

The establishment of the museum begin in November 2002 when Dr. Wen-shan Chen, a professor of geology from
National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...
, discovered the original Chelungpu Fault caused by the earthquake in 1999 while conducting his investigation into the major earthquakes that struck Taiwan over the past years. The Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park was created to preserve the fault and was opened to the public for testing operation on 30 January 2013 and officially opened for regular operation on 1 May the same year.


Exhibition

The gallery displays the
thrust fault A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks. Thrust geometry and nomenclature Reverse faults A thrust fault is a type of reverse fault that has a dip of 45 degrees or less. If ...
caused by the 1999 earthquake. It also displays various aspects of geological science in its Geoscience Hall, such as fossils, trench layers etc.


See also

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921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan The 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan () is a national museum in Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan. The museum is dedicated to the 7.3 earthquake that struck the center of Taiwan at 01:47:12.6 TST on Tuesday, 21 September 1999. The museum is ...
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National Museum of Natural Science The National Museum of Natural Science () is a national museum in North District, Taichung, Taiwan. Overview The museum covers and is a six-venue complex housing: the Space Theater, Science Center, Life Science Hall, Human Cultures Hall, Gl ...
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List of tourist attractions in Taiwan Popular tourist attractions in Taiwan include the following: Attractions Historical buildings * Beihai Tunnel, Beigan () * Beihai Tunnel, Nangan () * Daxi Wude Hall () * Ete ...


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* {{Official website, https://www.nmns.edu.tw/en/visit/explore-our-parks/chelungu-fault-preservation-park/ 2013 establishments in Taiwan Buildings and structures completed in 2013 Buildings and structures in Nantou County Tourist attractions in Nantou County 1999 Jiji earthquake Geoparks in Taiwan