Gama Oreum

Gama Oreum (Korean: 가마오름; Hanja: 釜岳) is an oreum (small extinct volcano; parasitic cones) in Cheongsu-ri, Hangyeong-myeon [ko], Jeju City, Jeju Province, South Korea.

[1][2] The oreum is named for and said to resemble gamasot, traditional Korean pots.

[4][3] It is considered fairly easy to hike up, and takes around 20 minutes to reach the top.

During World War II, in anticipation of an eventual Allied invasion of Korea that never came to pass, tunnels were dug into the oreum [ko].

[1][2][5] Jejuans were pressed into forced labor to create these tunnels,[3] which were largely forgotten until the 21st century.

One of the tunnels dug into the oreum (2018)