West coast · Anmyeondo, Taean, South Chungcheong
Kkotji Beach
꽃지해수욕장
Two rocks in the surf that the sun sets between — the classic west-coast sunset.
Kkotji sits on Anmyeondo in Taean Haean National Park, and its two offshore rocks — known as the grandmother and grandfather stones — are what the beach is famous for.
At low tide you can walk out to them; at sunset in the right season the sun drops into the gap between them, which is when the photographers turn up.
Photograph by Choi2451, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for this page.
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