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Dokdo, Beautiful Island of Korea
Dokdo’s natural environment and
climate have important ecological value.

dokdo, beautiful island of korea dokdo's natural environment and climate have important ecological value.

Climate

Temperature

Average Annual Temperature : 12 °C
January : 1 °C
August : 23 °C

Precipitation

Average Annual Precipitation : 1,240mm
(Mostly snow during winter season)
Typical oceanic climate affected by warm ocean currents
Frequently foggy
Cloudy for more than 160 days a year
Rains 150 days a year

Ecology

Around 60 plant species have been found on Dokdo.

Herbaceous Plants:

including the dandelion, oxalis, foxtail, crabgrass, mugwort, purslane, goosefoot, plantain, orzyfolium, arctic daisy, and mauritania

Trees:

including the black pine, lonicera insularis, wineberry, milkweed, and camelia

Some 130 insect species including the dragonfly, earwig, locust, beetle, fly, and painted lady butterfly

Some 160 bird species, including the stormy petrel, streaked shearwater, black-tailed gull, kestrel, osprey, dusky thrush, glaucous gull, black wood pigeon, row, redstart, and Chinese egret

Fish Species:

including the pacific saury, yellow tail, swellfish, gizzard shad, conger eel, flatfish, sandfish, atka mackerel, black rockfish, and squid

Shellfish:

including the abalone, conch, and mussel

Marine Algae:

including seaweed, kelp, laver, and gelidium

Other Marine Life:

including the sea cucumber, shrimp, red snow crab, and sea urchin

Dokdo serves as a shelter to migratory birds, and is essential to the research of island biogeography, since it enables research on the origin and distribution of Korea's animal, plant and marine life.