Suncheon City Adds 'National Point Number Plates' to Bongdusan and Aengmusan Hiking Trails

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] On the 20th, Suncheon City in Jeollanam-do announced that it has additionally installed 23 national grid reference number plates on the hiking trails of Bongdusan in Hwangjeon-myeon and Aengmusan in Haeryong-myeon to quickly identify the location of individuals and facilitate rescue in case of safety accidents.

Twenty plates were installed on Bongdusan and three on Aengmusan, areas frequently visited by hikers.

The national grid reference number plates are guide signs installed in safety-vulnerable areas such as mountains and coastal areas where buildings do not exist and locations are difficult to identify, to enable prompt response in case of human accidents.

The entire country is divided into a grid of 10m by 10m squares, and each square is assigned a unique code consisting of two Korean letters and eight digits, designed so that hikers can easily recognize and inform rescue agencies such as police and fire departments of their current location.

A Suncheon City official stated, “By installing these national grid reference number plates, we expect to greatly contribute to protecting hikers’ safety and lives by enabling swift and accurate response in disaster situations. We will continue to actively survey places where these plates are needed and strive to expand their installation continuously.”

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