The Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park (traditional Chinese: 車籠埔斷層保存園區; simplified Chinese: 车笼埔断层保存园区; pinyin: Chēlóngbù Duàncéng Bǎocún Yuánqū) is a park in Zhushan Township, Nantou County, Taiwan established to commemorate the 21 September 1999 earthquake. It is the subordinate park to the National Museum of Natural Science.[1]
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| Location | Zhushan, Nantou County, Taiwan |
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| Coordinates | 23°47′41.0″N 120°42′38.2″E / 23.794722°N 120.710611°E |
| Opened | 1 May 2013 |
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History
editThe establishment of the museum begin in November 2002 when Dr. Wen-shan Chen, a professor of geology from National Taiwan University, discovered the original Chelungpu Fault caused by the earthquake in 1999 while conducting his investigation into the major earthquakes that struck Taiwan over the past years. The Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park was created to preserve the fault and was opened to the public for testing operation on 30 January 2013 and officially opened for regular operation on 1 May the same year.[2]
Exhibition
editThe gallery displays the thrust fault caused by the 1999 earthquake. It also displays various aspects of geological science in its Geoscience Hall, such as fossils, trench layers etc.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Museum of Natural Science -> Exhibition -> Permanent Exhibits -> Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park". Nmns.edu.tw. Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ^ Crook, Steven (20 September 2019). "Highways and Byways: Nantou's memories of 921". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park". Museums. Ministry of Culture. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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