송암동굴

Song-am Donggul - Songam Cave - Songam Cavern

Useful Information

Location:	Kaech'on-si, South Pyongan Province. (39.702681, 125.892662)
Open:	n/a
Fee:	n/a
Classification:	Karst Cave
Light:	Incandescent
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Bibliography:	Won-Sok Jon, To-Jun Ryang, Hye-Sun Kim, Yong-Hyok Ri (2021): Features of Speleothems and Natural Heritage Value of Songam Cave, DPR Korea Geoheritage 13(39, September 2021. DOI pdf
Address:	Korea International Travel Agency, Central District, Pyongyang, DPRK, Tel: 850-2-18111-3818283, Fax: 850-2-3817607. E-mail:
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History

Description

송암동굴 (Songam Cave) is a modern show cave with state of the art electric light. It is a horizontal passage with a series of 17 chambers, which show different types of speleothems and even an underground waterfall. For some weird reason they are quite fond of their air conditioning. We are not sure if there is actually air conditioning or if this is a metaphor for the cave being cooler than outside. But if they really installed air conditioning, it’s a great danger to the cave.