Muan Getbol: N35°02′46.18″ E126°20′17.26″
Goheung Getbol: N34°42′05.23″ E127°26′36.12″
Yeosu Getbol: N34°44′32.77″ E127°34′24.37″
The Yellow Sea is one of the world’s major tidal flat habitats, and the nominated property is located on the east side of the Yellow Sea and the southwest coast of the Republic of Korea (ROK).
Sediments containing abundant nutrients are supplied from major rivers of the ROK, such as the Hangang River, Geumgang River, and Youngsangang River. Dynamic and continuous sediment supply, combined with topography (archipelago), oceanography (macrotidal current), and climatology (temperate monsoon climate), has created one of the world's widest and most diverse tidal flat habitats and even a unique coastal landform. The nominated property encompasses every type of tidal flat habitats on Earth that has formed since the Holocene, such as sand dune, sandbar, sand spit, sandflat, mixed flat, mudflat, rocky habitat, salt marsh, and characteristic sedimentary body.
The nominated property is a key and optimum habitat for the different species of waterbirds using the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, which is one of the world's most threatened flyways of migratory birds. In addition, the habitat diversity of the nominated property greatly contributes to the species composition of various tidal flat organisms which are food sources for the waterbirds.
The nominated property for extension is a serial nomination with three components: Muan Getbol, Goheung Getbol, and Yeosu Getbol, where are adjacent to Shinan Getbol and Boseong-Suncheon Getbol included in the Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (Phase I).
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