A Significantion And Meaning Of Geomunoreum As A Representative Geosite Of Global Geoparks.

Whole of Jeju island listed as a Global Geopark 2010 which includes 12 representative beautiful places such as Hallsan Mountain, Seongsan Ilchulbong tuff ring, Manjanggul Lava Tube are also the site of World Natural Heritage site, and Suwolbong tuff ring, Sanbangsan lava dome, Yongmeori tuff ring. Geomunoreum is the generatrix of Geomunoreum Lava tube System, providing the key clues to understand the formation process of lava tube, has important geological values which contain well preserved volcanic landforms. And not only rare plants such as Japanese Aucuba, The Star Anise Tree are forming a colony due to the special climate and topography, but also Jeju weasel, White-blacked woodpecker are living there, so is the ecological treasure house. Moreover, charcoal kiln site, army logistics road and mine hardened site made by Japanese during Pacific war, April 3rd incident monument let the oreum be a principal historic and cultural place. Geomunoreum inscribed as a World Natural Heritage site by the above diverse values in 2007, also has fully qualified as a representative site of Global Geopark of Jeju Island.. Therefore, if keep going to make a balance between the conservation side of World Natural Heritage and the utilization side of Geopark, the Geomunoreum would be the best typical Global Geopark case.