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광명시
Just outside Seoul's southwestern edge, Gwangmyeong Cave is not a natural cave at all but a gold mine dug by hand and machine. It was a site of colonial-era resource exploitation, and after it closed the tunnels spent decades as a store fo…
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단양군
Cross the bridge over the Namhan River from Danyang town and the cave entrance is right there at the foot of the hill. Gosu Cave is a limestone cave whose narrow passages are packed with stalactites, stalagmites and cave coral. Metal stair…
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단양군
In Yeongchun, Danyang, where the Namhangang River loops through the hills, a limestone cave opens beneath a fortress named after the Goguryeo general Ondal. Ondal Cave is a natural cave estimated to have begun forming as long as 450 millio…
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삼척시
Deep in the mountains of Daei-ri in Singi-myeon, Samcheok, about 820 m above sea level, a 10 m high cave mouth opens in the hillside. Hwanseongul is one of Korea's largest limestone caves, with 6.2 km of passages mapped so far and an estim…
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영월군
Cross the bridge over the Namhangang River and a narrow opening appears at the foot of a limestone cliff. Gossigul Cave in Yeongwol takes its name from the Go family, who are said to have hidden here during the Japanese invasions of 1592–1…
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울진군
Reached at the foot of a cliff beside the Wangpicheon River in Uljin, Seongnyugul is a limestone cave packed with stalactites, stalagmites and columns. Inside are nine large chambers and pools 4-5 m deep, and in 2019 inscriptions about 1,5…
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제주시
Manjanggul in Gujwa-eup, Jeju City, is a lava tube about 7.4 km long. It was formed by lava flowing from the Geomunoreum volcano, and its passages reach up to 18 m wide and 23 m high, which puts it among the largest lava tubes in the world…
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충주시
In the hills north of Chungju Lake, Chungju Hwalok Cave lets you walk into the galleries of a talc mine that was worked for almost a century. White dolomite walls with folds and faults, giant winding engines and an underground lake with bo…
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평창군
Baengnyongdonggul Cave is a limestone cave opening onto a cliff at the foot of Baegunsan, right above the Donggang River in Mitan-myeon, Pyeongchang. Unlike show caves with lighting and staircases, this is an exploration cave: you put on a…
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정선군
Hwaamdonggul in Hwaam-myeon, Jeongseon, links an old gold-mine tunnel and a natural limestone cave on a single walking route. In 1934, miners digging a gold tunnel broke into a huge limestone cavern; today you walk through galleries that r…