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Undersea Tunnel
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Overview
Constructed over a 16-month period from 1931 to 1932, the undersea tunnel in Tongyeong is Asia’s first submarine tunnel. For its construction, the sea water was blocked at both ends, the tunnel was dug underground, and was paved with concrete. The Korean word “Yongmundalyang” engraved at the entrance of 483 meter long, 5 meter wide tunnel means “the entrance of an undersea tunnel that connects island to land.”
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- • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
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- Undersea Tunnel Public Pakring Lot
- Closed
- N/A (Open all year round)
- Hours
- 10:00 - 17:00
Updated 2017.01.07
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Take a bus from Seoul’s Nambu Bus Terminal to Tongyeong, which runs from 08:00 to 23:30 each day. The journey takes about 4 hours and 30 minutes. Or take a bus from Seoul’s Express Bus Terminal to Tongyeong, which is available from 07:10 to 24:30 each day. Travel time is approximately 4 hours and 30 minutes.
At Tongyeong Terminal take bus No.40 or No.41 and get off at the end of the submarine tunnel. Travel time is about 40 minutes.
1, Docheon 1-gil, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
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