Jeju-do, the island

Jeju World Cup Stadium
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hi^^
today i am not in good mood. since read some bad news. but i must keep up with my plan. well, now, i post some about Jeju-do or known as Jeju Island. one of the new nature seven wonder.
in wikipedia pages, there are so many infos about Jeju. let me paste here some:


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Jeju-do(transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form of Jeju Special Autonomous Province or Cheju Island) is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946. Its capital is the city of Jeju.

The island contains the Natural World Heritage Site Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes.

Historical names

Historically, the island has been called by many different names including:

* Doi (도이, 島夷, literally "Island barbarian")
* Dongyeongju (동영주, 東瀛州)
* Juho (주호, 州胡)
* Tammora (탐모라, 耽牟羅)
* Seomna (섭라, 涉羅)
* Tangna (탁라, 乇羅)
* Tamna (탐라, 耽羅)
* Quelpart (q.v. gyulbat, 귤밭, 橘밭, literally "orange orchards")

Before the Japanese annexation in 1910, the island was usually known as Quelpart to Europeans. The name "Quelpart" apparently came from the first European ship to spot the island, the Dutch "Quelpaert", which sighted it after being blown off course on its way to the Dutch trading base in Nagasaki, Japan, from Taiwan (then the Dutch colony of Formosa).

When Korea was annexed by Japan in 1910, Jeju then became known as Saishū, which is the Japanese reading of the hanja for Jeju.

Before 2000, when the Seoul government changed the official Romanization of Hangul, Jeju-do was spelled Cheju-do. Almost all written references to the island before that use that spelling.

i don't understand why 섭라 spell as Seomna not Seomra, 탁라 spell as Tangna not Takra, and 탐라 spell as Tamna not Tamra? can anyone explain it to me?


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Geography

Jeju Island is a volcanic island, dominated by Halla-san (Halla Mountain): a volcano 1,950 metres (6,400 ft) high and the highest mountain in South Korea. The island measures approximately 175 kilometres (109 mi) across, end to end, at the widest points.

The island was created entirely from volcanic eruptions approximately 2 million years ago, during the time period from the Tertiary to the beginning of the Quaternary period, and consists chiefly of basalt and lava. The eruptions took place in the Cenozoic era. It has a humid subtropical climate, warmer than that of the rest of Korea, with four distinct seasons. Winters are cool and dry while summers are hot, humid, and sometimes rainy.

There is a crater lake which is the only crater lake in South Korea.[citation needed]

An area covering about 12% (224 square kilometres or 86 square miles) of Jeju is known as Gotjawal Forest.This area had remained untouched until the 21st century, as its base of ʻAʻā lava made it difficult to develop for agriculture. Because this forest remained untouched for a long time, it has a unique ecology. The forest is the main source of groundwater, the main water source for the half millon people of the island, because rainwater penetrates directly into the groundwater aquifer through the cracks of the ʻAʻā lava under the forest. Gotjawal forest is considered an internationally important wetland under the Ramsar Convention by some researchers because it is the habitat of unique species of plants and is the main source of water for the residents, although to date it has not been declared a Ramsar site.

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oh, it just some of Jeju. there are still more. but, i've told you, i am in bad mood. i just post some. and maybe you ever read about this. hehehe.

i just share. :)


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see you in good mood. :D