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About

The Jeongok-ri site is located in the Hantan River area of Jeongok-ri, Jeongok-eup, Yeoncheon-gun, and is a site from the Early Paleolithic period of Korea. This site drew attention in 1977 when stone tools were discovered on the surface by an American soldier who had come to the Hantan River resort area. The Jeongok-ri stratigraphy provides highly important data for studying paleoclimate and paleoenvironment, and it constitutes a geological site that holds a record of human development. In the clay layer, a dry-cracking phenomenon called soil wedge structures is observed, which is presumed to have formed during the Ice Age and is used as important material for paleoclimate research. Additionally, volcanic ash carried by wind from Japan has been found in the stratigraphy, indicating that the upper layers accumulated approximately 20,000 to 100,000 years ago. As such, the Jeongok-ri stratigraphy is not only archaeologically significant but also a geological site of great importance for studying paleoclimate from a geological perspective. (Source: Hantan River Geopark website)

Hours

[Summer season (March–October)] 10:00–18:00 [Winter season (November–February)] 10:00–17:30 ※ For details, please inquire by phone.

Closed

Every Monday / January 1 / Lunar New Year's Day & Chuseok (the day itself) ※ For details, please call to inquire.매주 월요일 / 1월1일 / 설·추석당일※ 자세한 사항은 전화문의 요망

Parking

possible가능

Contact

Yeoncheon County Office, Culture and Sports Division, 031-839-2206연천군청 문화체육과 031-839-2206

Machine-translated from Korean. It may contain errors — the Korean original is kept next to short entries.