Jo Jun 2, 2025
The Elephant Rock of Pidan Island is a natural monument located in Sindo County of North Phyongan Province.
When the sea water entered the Korean West Sea area at the end of the fourth glacial period, the rocks on the relatively high hills exposed above the sea formed an extraordinary topography by a long time of abrasion and weathering.
The rock has been called Elephant Rock as it resembles an elephant.
The rock is 40 meters long and 15 meters high, with the top of 8 meters in width.
The “trunk” is 9 meters round.
At the “head” of the rock is a small rock resembling an “ivory” and in the middle of the “trunk” is a small hole. Grass is growing on the rock.
The rock is submerged and exposed by the tide. When it is submerged, it looks like an elephant swimming in the water, and when it is exposed, it looks like being caught in the marshland.
The Elephant Rock, which is of significance in studying the change in the nature after the formation of the Korean West Sea, is a natural monument adding beauty to the beachscape.
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Jo May 11, 2025
Chongbaek Juniper growing in Chongbaek-ri, Kumya County, South Hamgyong Province was planted around 1550. It is 10 meters tall, with the root collar of 5.4 meters round and the canopy of 18 meters from east to west and 21 meters from north to south.
At the height of 50 centimeters, it spreads in three big branches that are 2.6 meters, 2.1 meters and 2.2 meters round, respectively.
It looks like a collection of small clouds from a short distance and like a large furled umbrella from a long distance.
The oldest and largest tree on the eastern coast is a natural monument that is significant for studying the size and age of juniper trees and adds beauty to this area.
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Jo May 7, 2025
The Ancestral Apple Tree is in Ryongjon-ri, Pukchong County of North Hamgyong Province, a place famous for apples.
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This long-lived apple tree over the age of 100 is still growing healthily.
Its root collar is 1.2 meters round and the canopy is as wide as 6 meters. It blossoms in May with long and deep green leaves.
This oldest tree in our country is a precious natural monument of significance for judging the maximum age of apples and studying the characteristics of their varieties.
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Jo May 5, 2025
Among the precious and beautiful natural monuments in the DPRK is Kimhwa Elm Tree.
Kimhwa Elm Tree, growing on the shore of the Kumsong River about one kilometer south-east of the seat of Kimhwa County of Kangwon Province, is 500-odd years old.
It is 21 meters tall, with the root collar of 5.7 meters round, the chest-height of 5.2 meters round and the canopy of about 22 meters.
The first branches stretch southwards at the height of 4.5 meters while the second and the third ones stretch westwards and southwards at the heights of 7 and 10 meters, respectively.
It has a total of 12 big branches.
This large old tree adds natural beauty to the surroundings and it is of great significance in the academic research.
The natural monument, Kimhwa Elm Tree, is still growing vigorously, further enriching the treasure house of the natural cultural heritage.
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Jo Apr 9, 2025
Kwimyon Rock is beside the Samson Rock in the Manmulsang District of Outer Kumgang of Mt. Kumgang.
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Kwimyon Rock is one of the rocks of fantastic shape standing together with Samson Rock and Tokson Rock. The curious stone on the top of the rock pillar looks like it is on the verge of falling down, which is so eye-catching.
The plants with their roots fastened deep into the cracks in the rock flower in spring and are tinged with red in autumn, which adds beauty to this area.
Kwimyon Rock is a natural monument of great academic significance, which enhances the beauty of the surrounding scenery.
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Jo Apr 5, 2025
Maktae Rock is about 700 meters away in the direction of Pangung-ri from the seat of Namap-ri, Yomju County, North Phyongan Province.
There is a low hill in the east and a vast paddy field in the west of the rock, and several kilometers away from the field is the West Sea of Korea.
It is a mysterious standing rock whose covering layer was washed and cut by rain and wind during the long geological period to expose the red felsic dyke in its interior by abrasion and weathering.
The rock is ten meters tall and sixteen meters round at the bottom.
Although it looks as if it was going to fall down, it is well balanced. This old rock has many cracks.
It is well known from long ago as it is seen even several kilometers away.
It is a natural monument of great significance in studying the weathering of red felsite, and abrasion and coastal sedimentation constantly happening at the boundary between the sea and the land.
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