Geomunoreum

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Geomunoreum (Hanja), alternatively Geomeunoreum, is an oreum (small extinct volcano) around Jocheon and Gujwa in Jeju City, South Korea. The oreum is a popular tourist attraction, and has been a Natural Monument of South Korea No. 444 since January 6, 2005. In 2007, the Geomunoreum Lava Tube System around the oreum was made a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, as part of the item Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes. There are several other oreum in Jeju with similar names; this one is sometimes called the Seonheul-ri Geomunoreum or Dong Geomunoreum (lit. 'East Geomunoreum').

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