Geography of South Korea Seoul sought to raise in talks with Pyongyang. Though Seoul completed a "Peace Dam" on the Pukhan River to counteract the potential threat of Pyongyang's dam project before the 1988 Olympics, the North Korean project apparently still was in its initial stages of construction in 1990. Maritime claims: "territorial sea:" "contiguous zone:" "exclusive economic zone:" "continental shelf:" not specified Elevation extremes: "lowest point:" Sea level 0 m "highest point:" Hallasan 1,950 m Part of the East Asian Monsoon region, South Korea has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. The movement of air masses from the Asian continent exerts greater
Hallasan and study are needed to better understand the volcano. There is a crater lake on Hallasan called Baengnokdam (백록담/), literally "white deer lake." It is formed by the collapse of the top of the ridge by the movement of magma underground. There is a legend attributing the name of the lake to otherworldly men who descend from heaven to play with white deer. Depending on the season, the circumference of the lake is up to 2 kilometers with a depth up to about 100 meters. The configurative rocks of the eastern and western walls of Baengnokdam are different. The eastern