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Gama Oreum

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is 140.5 m (461 ft) above sea level, and 51 m (167 ft) higher than the surrounding area. It is considered fairly easy to hike up, and takes around 20 minutes to reach the top. It occupies an area of 2,059 m (22,160 sq ft). It has a horseshoe-shaped crater that opens
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and near the tunnels is the Jeju Peace Museum, which opened in 2004. The tunnels were available for tourist entry until 2013, when they were deemed unsafe and closed. Efforts were made to renovate and stabilize them, but by 2018 did not result in their reopening.
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to create these tunnels, which were largely forgotten until the 21st century.
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to the northeast. It is surrounded by farmland and a rural community.
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Elevation
Coordinates
33°18′20″N 126°14′48″E / 33.3055°N 126.2468°E / 33.3055; 126.2468
Hangyeong-myeon
ko
Jeju City
Jeju Province
Korean
Hanja
oreum
parasitic cones
Hangyeong-myeon
ko
Jeju City
Jeju Province
gamasot

Japanese colonial period
World War II
tunnels were dug into the oreum
ko
Jejuans
forced labor
Oreum#List of oreum



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