Yongmeori Coast
Layered tuff-ring cliffs shaped like a dragon's head, carved by ash eruptions and tidal erosion.
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This guide to Yongmeori Coast on Jeju reads the layered tuff cliffs as a dragon's head plunging into the sea, built by underwater eruptions more than a million years ago. It follows the legend of Qin Shi Huang sending the geomancer Ho Jong-dan to sever the dragon and keep a rival ruler from ever rising on this coast. Time your visit around the tides, since rangers open and close the trail hour by hour and the sea decides who gets to walk it.
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