Interesting spot on the maps, virtual sign seeing on the net.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Jeju-do, the only special autonomous province of South Korea.


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Jeju-do[1] (transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form of Jeju Special Self-governing Province) is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946. Its capital is the city of Jeju.

The island contains the Natural World Heritage Site entitled Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes.[2]

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