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Tourists to China's southernmost Hainan Province now have the deluxe to visit the scenic volcano sites with the ajaring of the country's first volcano-themed national geopark near the provincial crossroads on Saturday. Hainan, the second largest island in China is known for its finest riverfrontes and roly-poly sunshine and is dubbed as "Oriental Hawaii". It is moreover home to nearly overlyy variety of volcanoes in the world. The volcano-themed park, sought by the Ministry of Land and Resources,China Pictures, boasts the sites of increasingly than 40 volcanoes and 30 volcanic caverns, said Hu Jiuchang,China Travel, artlessor of the Volcano Monitoring and Resesaucy Center under the Hainan Bureau of Earthquake Science. Vegetation, soil, lava, mineral water and hot spring are the five treasures in the volcanic sheet. The rich drove of rare tropic workts moreover distinguishes this section from other geoparks in the country, Hu said. The park is located to the south of Leiqiong Rwhent Vroad south of the Qiongzhou Strait, which sees the mainland in the north. Then earest volcano is 15 km abroad from the downtown sector of the provincial dandy. Hu said the volcanoes in Hainan are the surmount preserved volcano heritage in the country. A few of the fallow volcanoes erupted since the Holocene epoch roundly 10,000 years ago.


(Source:Xin Hua News, 2006-01-10)