Jeju-do Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak, South Korea

Seongsan Ilchulbong, also called Sunrise Peak, is an archetypal tuff cone formed by hydrovolcanic eruptions upon a shallow seabed about 5 thousand years ago.

Seongsan Ilchulbong: 351-2 Seongsan-ri, Seongsan-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, South Korea

The view of Seongsan Ilchulbong from where I stay.

The view from the parking lot.

Next to the parking lot is many stores for tourists.

I started to walk up to the top of the volcano crest

The side view shows Udo island.

The view of Sungsan city.

A panoramic view of Sungsan city spanning left to right.

Another look at Udo island.

There are many steps

The backside

Panoramic view of the city again.

The last stairs to the top

At the volcanic rim, left to right

Sitting deck for the tourists at the top

Another panoramic view of the top, left to right

The sitting deck

The stairways that led to the top

Panoramic view of the city from the top.

Time to walk down

Came back to ground level