The peridotite-basalt range is located in the coastal area, 1.3km east of Baengnyeong Island, Jinchon-ri. The lava contains yellow peridotite, 5~10cm in size. The lava is more than 10m thick, and is composed of black basalt

The peridotite-basalt range was formed from several kilometers below ground during a lava eruption. This range provides valuable data in studying the conditions of the Earth’s mantle. Thus, it was designated and preserved as a natural monument.

The breeding place of Shindo Swinhoe’s egret and black-tailed gull is a small rock island located along the west coast, approximately 20.5km from Jangbong-ri Ongjin-gun Gyeonggi-do. Swinhoe’s egrets breed in approximately a 200-m range from the slope along the north and south, to the top. The nest is usually made by loosely weaving dry virgate wormwood. It usually lays 3 -5 eggs. Black-tailed gulls breed on the slope of the island or the cliff. Some flocks breed near the top along with Swinhoe’s egrets. They build nests on reefs, wood or places with scattered wood and grass. The breeding place of the rare summer migratory Shindo Swinhoe’s egret and black-tailed gull is the largest virgate wormwood’s breeding place. Thus, it is designated and preserved as a natural monument.

Belonging to the tea family, ‘camellia japonica’ is an evergreen broad-leaved tree that thrives in soil near the warm coast. It was designated as Natural Monument No. 66 in 1933. It is a natural habitat in the northern most part of Korea

The unexplored Dumujin land is referred to as Haegeumgang of the West Sea. It has numerous fantastic-looking-rocks and stones formed into shapes like a folding screen which give it a mysterious look. (Scenic Beauty No. 8).

Sagot Beach, Natural Monument No. 391, is one of two natural airfields in the world. The place is as beautiful as Naples, Italy. It was once used as a military airfield. Because of its wide, beautiful and fine grains of sand, 300m wide and 3km long, the place is known as one of the best summer vacation spots in the world.

The ‘Kongdol’ (bean stone) Beach was named because of the bean-size stones that can be seen along Dumujin. This is referred to as the Haegeumgang of the West Coast. Shimcheong threw herself into the water in Indangsu. Shimcheonggak and Yeongbong Rock are some of the many attractions of Baengnyeong-myeon.

Rockfish, spotty belly greenling, horse mackerel and comber are abundant near Baengnyeong-myeon which, make the area perfect for fishing. Riding a boat in Dumujin will make you forget all worldly thoughts and enjoy the sheer beauty of nature.

Jinchon-ri Shell Mound of Baengnyeong-myeon is a pre-historic ruin. It is located 10m below the field embankment of the hill in Jinchon-ri coast, 500m Northeast of Baengnyeong-myeon Branch Office. 이 This shell mound was reported by the Seoul National University’s scientific research team in 1958. Judging from pieces of chipped stone tools collected from the lower shell deposit, we can assume stone age people used to live there. The shell deposit consists of shells of oyster and blue mussel. Pieces of ceramic wares and clay wares are scattered nearby the shell mound.