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Living Monument in Hongwon County

Travel 2022.3.25.



Hongwon Soldo(the islets of pine trees) is a living monument in the township of Hongwon County.

It consists of 3 islets which lie east and west in a line.

In the 3rd period of the Cenozoic era, when the Korean East Sea region subsided, low hills became the islets and rose up a little for a long period.

By the action of the weather and abrasion the surroundings of the islets turned into sharp-cut cliffs.

The islets are formed of grano-gneiss.

The picturesque Hongwon Soldo has been designated as a living monument in the East Sea of Korea.

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