Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes together comprise three sites that make up 18,846 ha. It includes Geomunoreum, regarded as the finest lava tube system of caves anywhere, with its multicoloured ...

The second installment of our World Heritage Series sees us take a trip to Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, South Korea’s only natural site to make the revered list of United Nation designated ...

Jeju Island’s volcano, Seongsan Ilchulbong, or Sunrise Peak, is a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site and a top tourist spot. Source: Basile Morin/Wikimedia Commons In March 2024, CNB News ...

An explosive eruption last week sent volcanic rock hurtling into the sea around Niijima Island, located 970 km (600 miles) from the Japanese capital Tokyo. The moment of the eruption was captured ...

Jeju Island, which was formed through volcanic activity, boasts of so diverse and unique ... the split of lava emitted by volcanic eruptions into large and small lumps of rock. Most of all, the ...

Climbing Hallasan on Jeju Island, a volcanic challenge On the volcanic ... It passes through a variety of landscapes, from dense forests to bare rock ridges plummeting down into the valleys.

Jeju, the largest of South Korea’s islands and a UNESCO World Heritage site, was formed by a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago that birthed cavelike lava tubes, coastal rock pillars ...