Odaesan National Park

오대산국립공원, 五臺山國立公園
Odaesan National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Area 303.93 km2 (117.35 sq mi)[1]
Established 1 February 1975
Governing body Korea National Parks Service
Odaesan
National parks of South Korea (twenty)
Land-based parks are in red and marine parks are in blue.

Odaesan National Park (Korean: 오대산국립공원, 五臺山國立公園) is located in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea. It was first designated as the 11th national park in 1975.[1] The park is named after the 1,563-metre (5,128 ft) mountain Odaesan, which means "Five Plains Mountain", named after the five plains between the areas five major peaks.[2] The park is home to a total of 3,788 species: 1,040 plant species, 28 mammal species, 103 bird species, 13 amphibian species, 12 reptile species, 35 fish species, 1,976 insect species and 157 spider species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Odaesan: Intro". Korea National Parks Service. http://english.knps.or.kr/Knp/Odaesan/Intro/Introduction.aspx?MenuNum=1&Submenu=Npp. Retrieved 18 September 2010. 
  2. ^ Hae-Jin Lee, Cecilia (2010). Frommer's South Korea. Frommer's. p. 366. ISBN 9780470591543. http://books.google.com/books?id=95HEb92jABoC&pg=PA366. 

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