page_title: Jeju Oreum
section_title: Geumoreum
hierarchical_section_title: Jeju Oreum / Famous Oreum / Geumoreum
caption_attribution_description: English: the picture of Geumoreum in Jeju Island, Korea. (picture taken by Sojeong Yeon)
context_page_description: Jeju Oreum is the rising small defunct volcano in the Jeju Island in South Korea. The word "oreum" is the Jeju dialect which implies the parasitic cone [Hangul: 측화산, Hanja: 側火山 and the origin of a word "oreum" is a noun type of the word "climb". The name refers to a small volcano within a main volcanic crater in Jeju-do and is usually applied to the hill in Jeju. The cinder cone, symbolizing the oreum, is a typical form of Jeju Oreum. The Oreum is divided into pyroclastic cone, tuff cone and lava dome depending on the nature of volcanic eruptions. The pyroclastic cones are volcanic bodies formed by the accumulation of volcanic clusters released into the air by explosive eruption.
  More than 360 Oreums are distributed throughout Jeju Island from the mountains to coast, centered on Mt. Halla. These Oreums are characterized by the fact that their formations are not long and the prototype is well preserved due to the high permeability of rainwater. When talking about life in Jeju Island, Oreum is an indispensable object with Dol Hareubang and is a symbol of Jeju Island. To the people of Jeju Island, it has been sacred as a site of folk religion.
context_section_description: Geumoreum (Hangul: 금오름) is located in Geumak-ri Hallim-eup Jeju-si. It is one of the representative Oreum of western middle mountain area. It is parasitic volcanic with a large circular crater and a mountaintop crater lake. It has 2 peaks in the north and the south, leading to a low col in the east and the west. The mountaintop crater lake was in a great volume of water but the floor of the lake is exposed now. "Geum" (Hangul: 금) stands for God and it can be seen that it has been sacred from ancient time.
caption: The image of Geumoreum [ko]
  (Hangul: 금오름)
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