Gosan

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Station Characteristics Name : Gosan Country : KOREA, REPUBLIC OF GAW Category : Regional Platform : Ground base Location : 33.15ºN   126.12ºE   72m a.m.s.l. Time Zone : 09 Address : 3768 Gosan-Ri Hankyung-Myeon Bukjeju-Gun Jeju, Republic of Korea Organization : Global Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea http://gerc.nier.go.kr Description : The Gosan site on Jeju Island of South Korea is located at the northern part of the East China Sea, about 100 km south of the Korean peninsula, 500 km northeast of Shanghai, China, and 250 km west of Kyushu, Japan. The Gosan site is located at the western edge of the island at the top of a 72 m cliff, facing the East China Sea. Jeju Island is regarded as one of the cleanest areas in South Korea with low emissions of air pollutants.