Hallyeohaesang National Park

Hallyeohaesang National Marine Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Coordinates	34°45′32″N 127°58′33″E
Area	545.63 km^2 (210.67 sq mi)[1]
Established	31 December 1968
Governing body	Korea National Park Service

Hallyeohaesang National Park (Korean: 한려해상국립공원; Hanja: 閑麗海上國立公園) is a national park in Yeosu, South Korea. It was designated as national park in 1968. It has six districts: Sangju-Geumsan Mountain, Namhaedaegyo, Sacheon, Tongyeong-Hansan, Geoje-Haegeumgang, and Yeosu-Odongdo. The total area is 545.63 km^2 (210.67 sq mi) with 395.49 km^2 (152.70 sq mi) being marine area and 150.14 km^2 (57.97 sq mi) being land area.[1]

Flora and fauna

Finless porpoise sporting in Namhae

Bukhansan

Byeonsan-bando

Chiaksan

Dadohaehaesang

Deogyusan

Gayasan

Gyeongju

Gyeryongsan

Hallasan

Hallyeohaesang

Jirisan

Juwangsan

Naejangsan

Odaesan

Seoraksan

Sobaeksan

Songnisan

Taeanhaean

Wolchulsan

Mudeungsan

Woraksan

Taebaeksan

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The twenty-two national parks of South Korea.
Land-based parks are in red and marine parks are in blue.

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The national park is known to have 1,142 species of plants including Korean red pine, Japanese black pine, common camellia, serrata oak, cork oak as well as rare species such as nadopungnan (Sedirea japonica), daeheongnan (Cymbidium nipponicum) and the Korean winter hazel. It boasts more than 25 mammal species such as Finless porpoise, Eurasian otter, Asian badger, and so on,[2] 115 bird species, 16 reptile species, 1,566 insect species, and 24 freshwater fish species,[1] including the vulnerable bird species Pitta nympha, also known as the fairy pitta.[3]

In February 2015, a North Pacific right whale, one of the rarest and most endangered whales in the world, was entangled in a mussel farm, and possibly fled from it later in nearby (within Namhae County).[4][5] This was the first record of the species in 41 years in South Korea, since the catch off the east coast, and was possibly the first official record of a live animal in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in modern times.[6][7][8][9][10]

References

1. "Hallyeohaesang: Intro". Korea National Park Service. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
2. Wonder Islands of Korea
3. "Hallyeohaesang: Flagship Species". Korea National Park Service. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
4. Kim, H.W., K.J. Park, H. Sohn, Y.-R. An, D.-H. An, 2015, Entanglement of North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) off Korean waters., SC/66a/HIM/15., Report to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.
5. Ochu. 2015. ＜1만년고래나라＞ 41년만에 나타난 긴수염고래 밤사이 밀렵꾼들이 접근했을 가능성 Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Daum. Retrieved on October 6, 2017
6. TheBusanilbo 'Btube' (2015). "세계 희귀종`긴수염고래' 위험에서 가까스로 탈출". p. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
7. "동해안 탐사취재- 5. 이방인을 불러들인 '고래'publisher=".
8. "[주요 뉴스] KBS뉴스9 경남 – 탈진 위기 긴수염고래". YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
9. "우리 바다에 이렇게 큰 고래가 많이! / YTN". Youtube.com. YTN NEWS. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
10. "Marine Life – On the whales". Exposea.com. p. 23. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2017.

External links

• The park's page on Korea National Park Service's website Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine