冠岳樹木園 = History of Kwanak Arboretum

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Importance of an arboretum for the purpose of teaching student in the field of botany and forestry has been recognized since 1907 in Korea. However, the establishment of an arboretum had been delayed until Seoul National University decided to establish it at a valley of Mt. Kwanak according to the Regulation no. 94 of the Seoul National University on the 21st October 1967. It was promulgated by the President Decree no. 5666 on the 10th June 1971 as an institute atached to the College of Agriculture, Seoul National Uuiversity.
It is located southern suburb of Seoul City ranging from the main campus of our university to an entrance on Anyang valley of Anyang, Kyunggido as below.
Longitude ; 126°56'20"∼126°57'50"
Latitude ; 37°25'∼37°27'10"
Area ; 722 ha Altitude ; 60∼629 m above sea level.
Temperature ; Mean 10.9 degrees
Min. temp. of January ; -22.5℃ (-23℃ on the 31st January 1927)
Max. temp. of August ; 37.5℃ on the 1st August 1919.
Rain Fall ; 1262 mm (827 mm in 1909 and 1934 mm in 1925).
Early Frost ; 15th Oct. (5th Oct. 1909)
Late Frost ; 20th April (30th April, 1926)
Exhibition ; By permission of the director
Herbarium ; Ca. 80,000 specimens
Greenhouse ; one
Publication ; Anual Bulletin, Seed List
Director ; Tchang Bok Lee, Professor of dendrology.