Hallyeohaesang National Park
{{Short description|National park of South Korea}}
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Hallyeohaesang National Park ({{Korean|hangul=한려해상국립공원|hanja=閑麗海上國立公園}}) is a national park in Yeosu, South Korea. It was designated as national park in 1968. It has six districts: Sangju-Geumsan Mountain, Namhaedaegyo, Sacheon, Tongyeong-Hansan, Geoje-Haegeumgang, and Yeosu-Odongdo. The total area is {{convert|545.63|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} with {{convert|395.49|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} being marine area and {{convert|150.14|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} being land area.
Flora and fauna
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The national park is known to have 1,142 species of plants including Korean red pine, Japanese black pine, common camellia, serrata oak, cork oak as well as rare species such as nadopungnan (Sedirea japonica), daeheongnan (Cymbidium nipponicum) and the Korean winter hazel. It boasts more than 25 mammal species such as Finless porpoise, Eurasian otter, Asian badger, and so on,[https://www.iucn.org/content/wonder-islands-korea Wonder Islands of Korea] 115 bird species, 16 reptile species, 1,566 insect species, and 24 freshwater fish species, including the vulnerable bird species Pitta nympha, also known as the fairy pitta.{{cite web |url=http://english.knps.or.kr/Knp/Hallyeohaesang/Intro/FlagstaffSpecies.aspx?MenuNum=1&Submenu=Npp&Third=Intro&Fourth=FlagstaffSpecies |title=Hallyeohaesang: Flagship Species |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Korea National Park Service |accessdate=October 5, 2017}}
In February 2015, a North Pacific right whale, one of the rarest and most endangered whales in the world, was entangled in a mussel farm, and possibly fled from it later in nearby (within Namhae County).Kim, H.W., K.J. Park, H. Sohn, Y.-R. An, D.-H. An, 2015, Entanglement of North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) off Korean waters., SC/66a/HIM/15., Report to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. This was the first record of the species in 41 years in South Korea, since the catch off the east coast, and was possibly the first official record of a live animal in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in modern times.{{cite web|author=TheBusanilbo 'Btube'|year=2015|title=세계 희귀종`긴수염고래' 위험에서 가까스로 탈출|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6-y2REX4BU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/N6-y2REX4BU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|page=YouTube|accessdate=October 5, 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kyongbuk.co.kr/?mod=news&act=articleView&idxno=955927|title=동해안 탐사취재- 5. 이방인을 불러들인 '고래'publisher=}}{{cite web|title=[주요 뉴스] KBS뉴스9 경남 – 탈진 위기 긴수염고래|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvq5zNqHiJY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/yvq5zNqHiJY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=YouTube.com|accessdate=October 5, 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|title=우리 바다에 이렇게 큰 고래가 많이! / YTN|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtvhBTOhi9o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/TtvhBTOhi9o |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Youtube.com|publisher=YTN NEWS|accessdate=October 5, 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|title=Marine Life – On the whales|url=http://exposea.com/p23.php|publisher=Exposea.com|page=23|accessdate=October 5, 2017|archive-date=January 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111042417/http://exposea.com/p23.php|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
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- [http://english.knps.or.kr/Knp/Hallyeohaesang/Intro/Introduction.aspx?MenuNum=1&Submenu=Npp The park's page on Korea National Park Service's website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307024503/http://english.knps.or.kr/Knp/Hallyeohaesang/Intro/Introduction.aspx?MenuNum=1&Submenu=Npp |date=2010-03-07 }}
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Category:National parks of South Korea
Category:Parks in South Gyeongsang Province
Category:Protected areas established in 1968
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