Photo location game · Asia
South Korea landmarks quiz: guess where 11 photos were taken
11 places in South Korea, each with a photo, a short fact and its spot on the map. Play five of them here, then look through the rest below.
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Five places from the 11 below, in random order. Each one scores by the distance from your pin to the real spot.
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Where they are
11 on the mapAll 11 places
South Korea's port city, with a hillside village of pastel houses.
Photo: by lwy / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
An 8th-century Silla temple with stone pagodas and bridges to enlightenment.
Photo: Bernard Gagnon / CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
A volcanic island in the Sea of Japan of steep cliffs and few beaches, known for its pumpkin taffy.
Photo: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Joseon palace best loved by its kings, with a Secret Garden.
Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A late 18th-century fortress wall of 5.7 km with gates and watchtowers around Suwon.
Photo: Lance Vanlewen / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty, with a pavilion on a lotus pond.
Photo: Frank Schulenburg / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
An 8th-century granite grotto with a serene seated Buddha facing the sea.
Photo: Bernard Gagnon / CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Seoul's 555-metre tower, the tallest building in South Korea.
Photo: kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Forty tombs of Korea's Joseon kings and queens, guarded by stone animals.
Photo: The user's homepage / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A mountain fortress where the Joseon king took refuge from the Manchu invasion of 1636.
Photo: Khitai (a flickr user) / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The South Korean capital, where royal palaces sit among skyscrapers on the Han River.
Photo: 라성민 / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHow to place them
The places here stretch 340 km from Gyeongbokgung in the west to Ulleungdo in the east. Hwaseong Fortress, Gyeongbokgung, Lotte World Tower, Namhansanseong and Seoul are all within 45 km of Changdeokgung, in the north-west. Ulleungdo is far from everything else here; the closest place to it is Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, 220 km away.
By rating, the photos are one easy, seven medium and three hard. Ulleungdo, Lotte World Tower and Namhansanseong are rated hard. The easy one is Seoul. Bulguksa is an 8th-century Silla temple with stone pagodas and bridges to enlightenment.
The daily in the app mixes photos from all 167 countries in the game, five a day, the same five for everyone.
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How many places in South Korea are in the game?
11, from Gyeongbokgung in the north to Busan in the south. A round on this page plays five of them.
Which photo from South Korea is the hardest?
Ulleungdo, Lotte World Tower and Namhansanseong, all rated hard. You lose half the points for every 693 km you miss by.
Which photo is the easiest to score full points on?
Ulleungdo. You can be up to 60 km away in any direction and still lose no points.