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Coastal Volcano National Geological Park [Zhangzhou, Fujian Province]



     Zhangzhou Coastal Volcano National Geological Park is located in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Zhangpu County, Longhai County coastal zone, covers an area of 318.64 square kilometers, the main type of volcanic geological relics geological features.



Park for the Western Pacific volcanic belt of the new generation an important part of the geological structure on the eastern edge of the Eurasian Plate rift zone, from 2600 million years to 700 million years of volcanic eruptions of basalt constitutes a typical volcanic geological landscape. Its eruption sequence, clearly, the typical crater and well-preserved, a rare rootless jet mouth group, stomatal-group and by 1.4 million giant hexagonal columnar basalt columns formed the joint group, a variety of features and more sea Department of quality beach, there are 8,000 years ago the ancient forest of carbonized wood, natural Guifushengong Park also created a large number of unique landscape wonders, only in ancient Niutoushan crater near the eruption of inter-alone section, volcanic-block Rock, "Xi Guapi" structure, the mantle deep packet of basalt, the explosive body, the sea "flyover" Coastal "Terra Cotta Warriors", sea, "Yi Xiantian" the eight attractions, is an extremely valuable remains of volcanic geology, geological park not only Research on the West Pacific volcanic belt of history has important scientific value, is tourism, holiday and the popularization of science as an important base. Geological park there Zhao Jiabao, Huang Zhou tombs, and other well-known human landscape.



Lin Jin Lantau Haikudanlan love days

In the Xiangshan Peninsula can clearly see Lin Jin Lantau island, which is only 0.16 square kilometers area of the island, 72.7 m above sea level. According to folklore, that Wanlinianjian, Zhangzhou students into the forest to avoid outside interference Island strenuously to this study, the history of Zhangzhou become the first champion, later this Lantau Island known as Lin Jin.

Lin Jin, Lantau is the type of basalt lava formed, the island's most famous volcano landscape is volcanic crater and the mouth of the jet mouth groups and ancient lava group. Exposed the island from the top side has been extended to the bottom, and many Xiangdie the volcanic eruption deposits tells us that this island is volcanic eruption and the accumulation of several formed. Lin Jin in Lantau, the circular ring structure of the rootless "jet mouth" highly ornamental, located in the northeast of Lantau into the forest on the beach, up to 16, is the world's jet mouth rare group.

Geological features, plants on the island of green onions Heart-mao also makes people happy. Tequila stem at the foot of the mountains as high as 10 meters, in addition to wildflowers weeds, there are a small island at the top of lush forests, beautiful. The shiny black volcanic rocks and fought the growth of plants, the tide Laichao to spray…… very easy reminiscent Haikudanlan, Tianhuangdilao the feeling that it probably » If one day and the beloved people can come here, will certainly love the myth in such magnificent scenery in the dust.

There are surprises. Which was the low tide, the rocks on the sea can not find a lot of hard Lo, small crabs, also seen in the stone edge of the jellyfish! It is said that the experience of local people, can be found under a rock in the palm-size crabs. I think even if we do not dare to see the start, not a regret. Lo gave the plight of the park can be handed over to the restaurant took the processing, natural, the most fresh.

South Peten island floating in the sea Shilin

South Peten island "floating" Lin Jin, the south-east of Lantau, is an ellipsoid of the volcanic island, about 6.5 kilometers from the coast, the area is smaller, only half of Lantau into the forest. From the view of the Xiangshan Peninsula, Lin Jin, Lantau Island and southern Peten is like a sister island, after a previous order of the sea.

Peten South Island from the all-Shek Wu Jiaoxing or hexagonal columnar basalt composition, a number as many as 1.4 million, to twist in the Northeast, the formation of a Fengjuandaohai rhythm. Local call it "with the Shilin", it was also known as "lava coral."

The island is known to the world's most enormous and intensive basalt columns Group, the world and this is similar to the scene, near a water gap between Taiwan's Penghu Islands, Northern Ireland is far from the coast giant cape, basalt columns are just less than 40,000, and even here it is 10 times as much as a few.

As the South Island in the Peten on the unique geological and typical, it is said to declare the world natural heritage. Therefore, the current South Island Peten is not open to visitors landed on the island, only experts can only distance the last contact, and we want Yidufangrong, only travel by boat around the island, far from feeling the force of nature.

 

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