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신안군
Gageodo belongs to Heuksan-myeon in Sinan County, South Jeolla, and is the southwesternmost point of Korean territory. At about 9 km² with a coastline of roughly 22 km it is small, but it is known for steep cliffs, dense forest and sea fis…
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울산
On Ulsan's southern shore a headland points out into the East Sea. Ganjeolgot is known as one of the first places on the Korean mainland to see the sunrise, and every 1 January it draws huge crowds. The rest of the year it is a seaside par…
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강릉시
Anmok Beach is a stretch of sand about 500 m long and some 20,000 m² in area just north of the Namdaecheon River mouth in Gangneung, right beside Gangneung Port. The cafés lining the seafront became known as "Gangneung Coffee Street", and…
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강릉시
Step off the train and the end of the platform is the beach, with the East Sea right behind it. Jeongdongjin is a seaside village south of Gangneung that became famous across Korea for its tiny station almost touching the water and for New…
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강릉시
When the boats come in at dawn, the market by the harbour is the first thing to wake up. Jumunjin is a town at the northern edge of Gangneung and one of the main fishing ports on Korea's east coast, landing squid, pollack, sand lance and h…
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강화군
Ganghwa Island sits in the estuary where the Han River flows into the Yellow Sea. Because it guarded the waterway into Seoul, one island holds layer upon layer of Korean history, from prehistoric dolmens and a Goryeo palace site to coastal…
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거제시
Haegeumgang, "the Diamond Mountains of the sea", is a cluster of rock islets off Galgot-ri at the southern tip of Geojedo Island. Sheer cliffs, a cross-shaped sea cave that boats can nose into and rock shapes carved by wind and waves earne…
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거제시
Geojedo is South Korea's second-largest island after Jeju, covering about 380 km². A ria coastline more than 443 km long winds around it, forming pebble beaches, rocky islets and sea cliffs, and the island has seen several chapters of Kore…
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고성군
The shore of Deokmyeong-ri, Hai-myeon, Goseong County in South Gyeongsang preserves Mesozoic dinosaur and bird footprints on its broad rock platforms. As a dinosaur track site it ranks among the world's most important for both number and v…
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부산
Gwangalli Beach in Suyeong-gu, Busan, is a 1.4 km city beach. Gwangan Bridge spans the bay in front of its half-moon of sand, so people come during the day to walk along the water and after dark to see the bridge lights and the city skylin…
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강화군
Gyodongdo lies northwest of Ganghwado Island, just 2.6 km from North Korean territory in Hwanghae Province. Daeryong Market, built by refugees from the Korean War in the image of the market they had left behind, the walls of Gyodong Eupseo…
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군산시
Bare white rock peaks rise straight out of the sea. This is Mangjubong, with a long stretch of fine sand at its feet and a sea that turns red at sunset. Seonyudo, "the island where immortals play", is the hub of the Gogunsan Islands, a gro…
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옹진군
Gureopdo is a small island of just 1.71 km² off Incheon, reached only by changing boats at Deokjeokdo. Fewer than twenty people live here and there are hardly any shops, but its grassy headlands above the sea, sandy beaches and star-filled…
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제주시
Gimnyeong Beach in Gujwa, on Jeju's northeast coast, formed where white sand piled up on top of flat black lava rock. The shallow water glows a clear turquoise, and a line of wind turbines turns along the horizon. With lava tubes such as M…
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남해군
Off the southern tip of South Gyeongsang Province, Namhaedo covers 301 km², making it the fifth-largest island in South Korea. It is the main island of Namhae County, which also includes neighbouring Changseondo. Despite being an island, y…
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안산시
Daebudo is the largest island in Gyeonggi Province. Because you can drive across the Sihwa Sea Wall, a day trip from Seoul is enough to explore its mudflats and coastal trails, the islet of Nueseom that you can walk to at low tide, and an…
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울산
Walk out of the pine forest and the coast suddenly opens up: reddish granite boulders tumbling into the sea as if poured from a giant bucket. Daewangam Park sits on the eastern tip of Ulsan's Dong District, on the cape that juts furthest i…
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옹진군
Daecheongdo lies at the far edge of the Yellow Sea, about 200 km northwest of Incheon Port. With Baengnyeongdo to the north and the North Korean coast of Hwanghae to the east, it is one of the Five West Sea Islands, and getting there takes…
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서귀포시
Off the coast of Jungmun in Seogwipo, black stone columns stand packed together along the cliffs as if someone had carved them. Daepo Jusangjeolli Cliff is a stretch of shore made of basalt columns, formed when lava cooled and cracked at t…
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덕적면
Deokjeokdo is the main island of the Deokjeok archipelago, about an hour by fast ferry from Yeonan Pier in Incheon. With Seopori Beach backed by an old pine forest, pebble coves and one of the largest reed fields on Korea's west coast, it…
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서귀포시
Marado is the southernmost island of South Korea. It lies about 11 km south of Moseulpo and covers just 0.3 km², so you can walk around the whole island in a little over an hour. Black basalt cliffs ring a flat, grassy plateau, and at the…
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태안군
Mallipo is a long, gently curving sweep of fine sand at the western tip of the Taean Peninsula. It has long been counted among the three great beaches of Korea's west coast, alongside Daecheon and Byeonsan, and more recently surfers have n…
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동해시
About 3 km north of Mukho Port in Donghae, a wide strip of sand runs along the coast behind a belt of pine trees. Mangsang's water is shallow and clear, which makes it popular with families, and it is counted among the signature beaches of…
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목포시
Gatbawi stands on the shore of eastern Mokpo where the Yeongsan River meets the sea. The two rocks look like people wearing conical bamboo hats (gat), which gave them their name. A walkway laid over the water lets you see them up close, an…