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
Sousaki volcano higher areas of the earth crust. So future activities are possible. The last eruption of this volcano was a side eruption which created new land in the Gulf of Megara, where there are major port and refinery facilities. Sousaki volcano Sousaki () is an extinct volcano and modern solfatara field in northeastern Corinthia, Greece, at the northwest end of the Aegean volcanic arc. The volcano was active 4.0 to 2.3 million years ago, during the Pliocene and early Quaternary periods of the Earth's geological history. There is still significant solfataric activity at this location. The volcano erupted dacite lava. The