
Pyongyang, February 26 (KCNA) -- Tok Islet is the easternmost islet of Korea 87.4 km to the southeast of Kanryongmal, the southern tip of Ullung Island. With an area of about 0.19 square kilometers, it consists of two islets, So and Tong, and more than 30 exposed rocks lying scattered around them. It is not large in area, but it boasts of kaleidoscopic natural scene. Viewed from a distance, So and Tong Islets and Thanggon Peak are soaring in a row on the horizon. So it was once called "Sambong Islet" (three-peak islet). In So Islet there rises Thanggon Peak, a name which derives from the fact that the peak reminds one of the spirit of a man standing with an imposing air and its clean-cut summit looks like Thanggon (a horsehair skullcap worn by the man under his hat in old days). Natural springs gush at several spots, among them springs around Jinnaeam and one from a crack in a rock of an abrasion cave on the Mongdol Coast. Distributed in Tok Islet are about 70 species of plants including ten-odd species of trees such as Punus thunbergii, Euonymus radicus and camellia. Inhabiting the islet are sea-birds such as green pigeon, rare in the world, black-tailed gull and kestrel and land animals such as wild rabbit and rat. In recent years 22 kinds of birds and 37 kinds of insects have been discovered in the islet. A large number of seals swarm in the sea around the islet and it is a good habitat for fishes, shell-fishes, Crustacea and water chestnuts, as warm and cold currents <b>...</b>
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