🌲 Sobaeksan National Park

South Korea · Asia · National Park · 36.97°N, 128.51°E

Sobaeksan National Park is located in the provinces of Chungcheongbuk-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. It was designated as the 18th national park in 1987. It is named after the 1,439-metre (4,721 ft) mountain Sobaeksan. The park is home to 1,067 plant species and 2,639 animal species. Reintroduction program of the critically endangered Korean foxes with captive animals from the Seoul Zoo has been run to reestablish the local population of 50 by 2020.

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Quick facts

Country	South Korea
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	36.97°N, 128.51°E · view on map

Sobaeksan National Park is a national park in South Korea, in Asia. The details of why Sobaeksan National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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