Sobaeksan National Park
소백산국립공원, 小白山國立公園
LocationChungcheongbuk-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Coordinates36°57′54″N 128°30′25″E / 36.965°N 128.507°E / 36.965; 128.507[1]
Area322.38 km2 (124.47 sq mi)[2]
Established14 December 1987
Governing bodyKorea National Park Service
Official website
National parks of South Korea (twenty-one)
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The twenty-two national parks of South Korea.
Land-based parks are in red and marine parks are in blue.

Sobaeksan National Park (Korean: 소백산국립공원, 小白山國立公園) is located in the provinces of Chungcheongbuk-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. It was designated as the 18th national park in 1987.[2] 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.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sobaeksan National Park". protectedplanet.net.
  2. ^ a b c "Sobaeksan: Intro". Korea National Park Service. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  3. ^ Lee Sun-young, 2012, Foxes released into wild on Sobaeksan, The Korea Herald