Yongmeori Coast
용머리해안
A sea cliff where the foot of Sanbangsan runs out into the water, named for its likeness to a dragon's head going under. Volcanic debris from three craters offshore piled up here and the waves cut it into layered, curving rock. In front of the cliff — about 700 m long and 25 to 40 m high — a flat wave-cut platform carries the walking route. The monument to Hendrick Hamel's 1653 shipwreck, put up in 1980, stands nearby. What governs a visit is not the posted timetable but the tide on the day: at high water or in heavy swell the route is closed outright.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 용머리해안
- Address
- 112-3 Sagye-ri, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo-si, Jeju
- Opening hours
- 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
- Closed
- Open year-round
- Hours notes
- The publisher calls these the basic viewing hours and then puts a condition over them: the day's high tide, the swell and the weather can change them or close the route entirely. So the timetable is a ceiling rather than a promise. It says to check on the day, either through the Seogwipo public-attractions Instagram account @6sot_official or on 064-794-2940. The same page puts the walk at about 30 minutes. It carries no admission amount.
- Time needed
- 30 min
- Length
- 700 m · The length of the sea cliff, given by the publisher as about 700 m. Its height is stated as a 25-40 m range, so it is not carried here as a single figure.
Visiting rules
- PetsNot allowed
- The publisher opens the page with a line asking for understanding that animals cannot enter.
- Visit Jeju — Yongmeori Coast (112-3 Sagye-ri, Andeok-myeon; 33.2334272/126.313741; tel 064-760-6321. The visitor note reads: basic viewing hours 09:00-17:00; last admission 16:30; no regular closing day; hours may change or access be closed entirely with the day's high tide, swell and weather; check on the day via the Seogwipo public-attractions Instagram @6sot_official or 064-794-2940. The body gives a sea cliff about 700 m long and 25-40 m high, a walk of about 30 minutes, Jeju Olle Trail Course 10, the Hamel shipwreck monument raised on 1 April 1980 by the Korea International Cultural Association and the Netherlands embassy, and that animals may not enter. It carries no admission amount.) ·
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