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Geography and Environment: South Korea

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This pathfinder includes online maps, links to other map collections, and information on climate, weather, and natural resources. information about geography in South Korea.  For information about maps and other geographical resources at the Library of Congress, please consult its Geography and Map Reading Room.


Korea Maps (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/korea.html)
Links to the Perry-Castanada Library Map Collection which has country maps of North and South Korea, Historical maps, Regional maps, detailed maps and thematic maps.

CNN.com Weather (http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER)
From “Find Weather Around the World”–select Asia, then South Korea, and click on a list of cities.

Korea National Tourism Organization (http://www.knto.or.kr)
Travel information and data including maps, restaurants, culture, trip planner, sightseeing, and photos. In Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Spanish, German, French, Turkce, and Russian.

Korean War Maps (http://www.koreanwar.org/html/maps.html)
Links to the list of airfields in North and South Korea and KIA-MIA Database.

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) (http://www.nier.go.kr:8181/)
Provides information on NIER, news, and links to its searchable database and related sources. In Korean.

University of Texas at Austin. Perry Casteñada Library Map Collection. Korea Maps (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/korea.html)
Links country, historical, regional, and thematic maps of North and South Korea, as well as maps on other Web sites.

National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com)
Search on South Korea.

Sea of Korea Maps Digital Archive (http://library.usc.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/X/0/0/55/30074/X)
The University of Southern California provides the Sea of Korea Maps Digital Archive consists of 172 original old maps (1606-1895) which include the "Sea of Korea".

Western Maps and Korea (http://www.korea.net/news/issues/html/eastsea_world_2.html)
Provides the history of naming the East Sea and the East Sea in maps of the world.


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