Uhangri Dinosaur Fossil Natural Historic Monument 우항리 공룡화석자연사유적지
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During the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era, it is said that there were three major lakes in Gyeongsang Province alone, and to this day, traces of such lakes can be found in the Namhae coastal area. Such traces are particularly distinct in Uhangri, Haenam-gun. The Uhangri area had originally been a part of the sea, but this changed when the Damsuho Lake and surrounding area was formed by the building of the Geumho Tide Embankment. This lake has a sea cliff that is 3-4 meters high, stretches about 5km in length, and is made up of sedimentary rock formed during the Cretaceous age. Embedded in the rock around the lake are footprints of dinosaurs, pterosaurs and water birds that lived in this area tens of millions of years ago. There is no other place in the world where footprint fossils of all these different dinosaurs were found in a single area. The footprint fossil of a pterosaur discovered in this area is the largest in the world at a length of 20-35cm. Also, the footprint fossil of a bird with webbed feet showed that the bird lived in the Cretaceous period, which is at least around 20-30 million years earlier than the Eocene of the Cenozoic era discovered in the US.
Utilization information
・Information : [4D thearter] Individuals 3,000 won
・Information : • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-61-530-5323~4
・Parking Facilities : Available
・Closed : Mondays (except July-August)
・Operating Hours : 09:00-18:00 (closes at 19:00 on July and August)
* Last admission: 1hr before closing
Tour Course Information
Ticket booth – 1st observation post – 2nd observation post – 3rd observation post – Children’s play ground - Birds Ecology Center – Museum
[Course 2]
Ticket booth - Museum - Birds Ecology Center – 3rd observation post – 2nd observation post – 1st observation post – Museum
Admission Fees
Adults 3,000 won / Teens 2,000 won / Children 1,500 won
Group (20 people or more)
Adults 2,500 won / Teens 1,500 won / Children 1,000 won
※ Adults (ages 19-64), 청소년(middle to high school students), Children (kindergarten to elementary studnets)
※ Free admission: Infants (under 6) & Seniors (over 65)
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Restrooms
Parking Fees
Korean Info. Service
※ Inquiry: +82-61-530-5951
Interpretation Services Offered
※ Inquiry: +82-61-530-5951
Reservation Info. for Natives
Reservation Info. for Foreigners
Access
[Bus]
From Dong Seoul Bus Terminal or Seoul Central City Bus Terminal,
take an intercity bus to Haenam (해남).
From Haenam Bus Terminal, take a bus bound for Uhang-ri (우항리).
* Bus Schedule: 08:00, 10:40, 12:50, 16:00
(bus schedule is subject to change / Inquiries: 061-533-8826)
234, Gongnyongbangmulgwan-gil, Hwangsan-myeon, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do
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Haenam Uhangri Dinosaur MuseumJeollanam-do > The area of Haenam Uhang-ri is designated as Natural Monument No. 394 since the area remains not only a fossil district with footprints of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and birds, but also has a rich geologic history. So, Haenam-gun created the Haenam Uhangri Dinosaur Museum in order to showcase the natura |
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