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Hallasan

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Hallasan is a shield volcano on Jeju Island of South Korea. [1]

40 relations: Basalt, Buddhism, Cinder cone, Continental shelf, Crater lake, Drainage, Goryeo, Hallasan National Park, Hangul, Helicopter, Jeju Island, Jeju language, Jeju uprising, Jirisan, Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles, Lapilli, Lava, Lava dome, List of elevation extremes by country, List of ultras of Northeast Asia, List of volcanoes in Korea, Mountain, National park, Natural monuments of South Korea, North Korea, Parasitic cone, Phreatic eruption, Phreatomagmatic eruption, Pliocene, Sand, Seoraksan, Shield volcano, Simon Winchester, South Korea, Trachyte, Trail, Ultra-prominent peak, Volcanic ash, Volcanic crater, White stag.

Basalt

Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Cinder cone

A cinder cone or scoria cone is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as either volcanic clinkers, cinders, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent.

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Continental shelf

The continental shelf is an underwater landmass which extends from a continent, resulting in an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea.

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Crater lake

A crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater or caldera, such as a maar; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an impact crater caused by a meteorite, or in the crater left by an artificial explosion caused by humans.

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Drainage

Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area.

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Goryeo

Goryeo (918–1392), also spelled as Koryŏ, was a Korean kingdom established in 918 by King Taejo.

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Hallasan National Park

Hallasan National Park (한라산국립공원, 漢拏山國立公園) is located in the province of Jeju-do, South Korea.

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Hangul

The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (from Korean hangeul 한글), has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th century by Sejong the Great.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors.

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Jeju Island

Jeju Island (Hangul: 제주도, Jejudo; previously Cheju-do) is the largest island off the coast of the Korean Peninsula, and the main island of Jeju Province of South Korea.

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Jeju language

Jeju (Cheju) or (Jejueo) is a Koreanic language spoken in the Jeju Province of South Korea.

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Jeju uprising

From April 1948 to May 1949, the Korean province of Jeju Island was subjected to a communist insurgency and subsequent anticommunist suppression campaign, killing between 14,000 and 30,000 people.

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Jirisan

Jirisan is a mountain located in the southern region of South Korea.

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Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles

Korea, A Walk Through the Land of Miracles is a book by Simon Winchester.

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Lapilli

Lapilli is a size classification term for tephra, which is material that falls out of the air during a volcanic eruption or during some meteorite impacts.

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Lava

Lava is molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust or in an eruption, usually at temperatures from.

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Lava dome

In volcanology, a lava dome or volcanic dome is a roughly circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.

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List of elevation extremes by country

The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country.

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List of ultras of Northeast Asia

This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Northeast Asia.

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List of volcanoes in Korea

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Korea.

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Mountain

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

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National park

A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes.

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Natural monuments of South Korea

This is a partial list of natural monuments of South Korea.

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North Korea

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Parasitic cone

A parasitic cone (also adventive cone or satellite cone) is the cone-shaped accumulation of volcanic material not part of the central vent of a volcano.

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Phreatic eruption

A phreatic eruption, also called a phreatic explosion, ultravulcanian eruption or steam-blast eruption, occurs when magma heats ground or surface water.

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Phreatomagmatic eruption

Phreatomagmatic eruptions are volcanic eruptions resulting from interaction between magma and water.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) Epoch is the epoch in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years BP.

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Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.

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Seoraksan

Seoraksan is the highest mountain in the Taebaek mountain range in the Gangwon Province in eastern South Korea.

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Shield volcano

A shield volcano is a type of volcano usually composed almost entirely of fluid lava flows.

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Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester, (born 28 September 1944) is a British-American author and journalist.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Trachyte

Trachyte is an igneous volcanic rock with an aphanitic to porphyritic texture.

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Trail

A trail is usually a path, track or unpaved lane or road.

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Ultra-prominent peak

An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is defined as a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more.

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Volcanic ash

Volcanic ash consists of fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass, created during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches) in diameter.

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Volcanic crater

A volcanic crater is a roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity.

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White stag

A white stag (or white hind for the female) is a white-colored red deer or fallow deer, explained by a condition known as leucism that causes its hair and skin to lose its natural colour.

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Halla Mountain, Halla-san, Mount Auckland, Mount Halla, Mt. Halla, 한라산.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallasan

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