Exploring The Korean Peninsula Quiz

Answer: Yellow Sea

The peninsula has 8640 kilometers of coastline bordered by the Yellow Sea to the west, the Sea of Japan to the east, while to the south is the East China Sea. The Korean Strait connects the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. The peninsula is bordered by two rivers separating it from China and Russia.
Red Crew's smpdit splashes in the paddling pool as she writes this question.

Answer: Seoul

Seoul is much larger than Pyongyang with a population of 9.9 million (2020 census) compared with the Pyongyang 3.2's (2008 census) Part of this is due to the will of Kim Il-sung who wanted the city to be open, have green space and tree-lined roads and also to have a limited population, making Pyongyang a very quiet, spacious city unlike its South Korean counterpart and other Asian cities.
Red Crew's smpdit finds the difference between the areas quite intriguing.

Answer: Nakdong

The Nakdong River, also called the Nakdonggang River, is the longest river in Korea. Despite a long history involving wars, phenol contamination and overdevelopment, there are still significant wetlands on the floodplains. The Joonam reservoirs in particular are home to many rare and threatened species of birds, fish and plants. The Nakdong and its tributaries also provide much of the river basin's drinking water, however domestic and agricultural wastewater has caused local water pollution.
Phoenix Rising's Red Crew member leith90 paddled this question strait into the quiz.

Answer: Paektu

Paektu mountain, (also called Baekdu), or Changabai in China, is the highest peak in both North or South Korea. With an elevation of 2744m, it is referred to as the spiritual home of both countries, and is also depicted on the national emblem of North Korea. Mount Paektu is a strata-volcano which last erupted in 1903.

Inside the caldera is a lake called Heavenly Lake, formed when the volcano explosively erupted in 946. Earthquakes from 2002 to 2005 had seismologists concerned of an impending eruption, but it has since remained dormant. Phoenix Rising's Red Crew member leith90 has been inside a dormant volcano's caldera and has crossed it off her bucket list.

Answer: 1500

The mountain system (more than one range is involved) is never crossed by a body of water but contains the headwaters of many rivers. It is significant in many native religions as the source of life. The South Korean section is about 735 km and the crest trail is a pilgrimage/hiking trail; enthusiasts hope the North Korea portion will some day be linked for hiking.

The tallest mountain in North Korea, Paektu, is at the northern end of the system - it is 2743m or 8999 ft high. The second highest mountain which is in South Korea, Jirisan, is at the southern terminus.

It is 1915m (6283 ft); the tallest mountain in South Korea is on Jeju Island and is not part of Baekdu-Daegan. Player pusdoc climbed through a lot of information to write this question for Phoenix Rising's Red Crew.

Answer: Yalu

In Korea, the Yalu River is known as the Amrok or Amnok River. The border between North Korea and China also includes the peninsula's tallest mountain, Paektu, and the Tumen River. The Yalu's headwaters arise from Paektu. The river contains over 200 islands, which are divided between North Korea and China. The river hosts several dams used to generate hydroelectric power.
Player pusdoc bordered on insane trying to keep the geography straight.

Answer: 38th parallel north

The DMZ does not strictly follow the 38th parallel north but is close to it. It is 160 miles long and 2.5 miles wide. This strip of land holds no military arms but there is a heavy military presence on both sides just near the DMZ. The 38th parallel north places Korea in earth's northern hemisphere.
Remember the equator, which stands at zero degrees, splits the earth, dividing the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres. Countries along the 38th parallel south are Argentina, Chile and South Australia. With the equator at zero degrees, the north and south 5th parallels run through some of the same countries, like Indonesia, Brazil and the Congo.
Jaknginger lives near the 28th parallel north in sunny Florida, USA.

Answer: Seaweed

As well as being calm the waters around southern Korea are also extremely clean and unpolluted. Seaweed is grown on floating ropes attached to buoys that allow the seaweed access to sunlight as it bobs near the surface, but doesn't allow it to come into contact with the sea floor at low tide. NASA have issued pictures of the regular squares and rectangles of the seaweed on the ropes in the waters as a puzzle for their readers.

They look somewhat like writing in the water. Seaweed production has very low negative environmental impact and can prove beneficial by increasing diversity in the reefs and removing nitrogen and other pollutants from the water. Red Crew's smpdit blushed because the seaweed, she needs to seek kelp.

Answer: Jeju Island

Jungmun Saekdal Beach is on the southern side of Jeju Island, a volcanic island which bears comparison to Hawaii. It is in the city of Seogwipo-si, South Korea. The beach is a small strip less than half mile long and about 50 yards wide. The first surfing club was formed in 1995.
Udo, Gapado, and Marado are each smaller than Jeju but are near the larger island.
Jaknginger surfed this question into the Red Crew's team quiz.

Answer: More than 3500

Korea is a peninsular country and has over 3500 islands! Sinmi Island is the largest in North Korea and is uninhabited. It lies in the West Korea Bay and is approximately 20 sq miles. Jeju Island is approximately 707 sq miles. Being the largest island in South Korea, there are over 650,000 people that call Jeju Island home. Jeju is just over 51 miles off the southern tip of South Korea and lies in the Korea Strait.
Red Crew member, jaknginger, added this question during the Phoenix Rising Global Tour.