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South Korea (대한민국) covers the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, about 38,750 square miles (100,400 km²), along with thousands of small islands. Around 70 percent of the land is mountains and forested hills, with rice fields in the valleys, rocky coasts in the east and wide tidal mudflats along the west.

Its most famous natural landmark is Jeju Island, a volcanic island of lava tubes, waterfalls and craters off the south coast. Its shield volcano, Hallasan, is the highest peak in the country at 6,388 feet (1,947 m). The magpie is the national bird, and the tiger has long been a symbol of Korea.

Rare spoon-billed sandpipers and other migrating shorebirds rest on the Getbol tidal flats, and Asiatic black bears have been returned to Jirisan National Park. Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, the Getbol flats and the Changdeokgung palace in Seoul are all UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Did You Know? The haenyeo of Jeju are women free divers who gather shellfish and seaweed without air tanks, and many keep diving into their 70s and 80s.

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