Geumjeongsan (Busan National Geopark)

A national geopark refers to a park certified by the Minister of Environment (Article 2, Paragraph 4-2 of the Natural Parks Act) to preserve and utilize areas of significant geoscientific importance and outstanding scenery for education, tourism, and other purposes. Geumjeongsan National Geopark is a mountain that forms the root of the Busan land, created by the uplift of granite formed from magma cooling underground about 70 million years ago. You can admire elegant granite landforms such as rocky cliffs, tors, gnammas, inselbergs, and block streams, shaped and polished by wind and rain over long ages.

Most of the summits at elevations of 500–800m, including Godangbong (the main peak of Geumjeongsan), Janggunbong, Wonhyobong, and Sanghakbong, as well as the ridges connecting these peaks, are fortified with mountain fortresses. On these summits and ridges, numerous tors—unique rock landforms—are observed due to the exposure of large and small bedrock of the Cretaceous Bulguksa granite. The geology composing Geumjeongsan consists of Gyeongsang Supergroup sedimentary rocks, volcanic rocks that intruded or erupted into them, and later Bulguksa granite and Masan rocks that intruded these formations. Registered as a national geopark, Geumjeongsan boasts beautiful scenery where奇特 rocks and nature harmonize well.