Karst cave.
Ordovician and early Paleozoic limestones.
Yongyeon Cave Control Office, Tel: +82-33-550-2727.
Tourism and Culture Bureau of Taebaek-si, Tel: +82-33-550-2081.
| Location: | Geumdaebong, the center of the mountain range from Baekdu Mountain to Jiri Mountain. |
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| Classification: |
Karst cave.
Ordovician and early Paleozoic limestones.
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| Light: | |
| Dimension: | A=920m asl. L=843m. T=9.1 to 11.9°C |
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| Address: |
Yongyeon Cave, Hwajeon-dong, Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do. Yongyeon Cave Control Office, Tel: +82-33-550-2727. Tourism and Culture Bureau of Taebaek-si, Tel: +82-33-550-2081. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:26:29 $ |
| 1592 | oldest gaffitti in the cave from people hiding from Japanese invasion. | |
| 26-FEB-1980 | designated Local Monument No. 39 in Gangwon-do. | |
| 23-SEP-1994 | cave developed. | |
| AUG-1995 | cave surveyed. |
Yongyeon Cave is known for many centuries. There are historic graffities and many damages to the speleothems. Today the cave is developed as a show caves and protected.
The tour shows four chambers of the cave, the first is the biggest one and 130m long and 50m high.
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