Lung Cu Flagpole
Lung Cu Flagpole marks a landmark in the North Pole of the country. At the same time Lung Cu is also the name of a small commune in Dong Van district, Ha Giang. The flagpole is located right on the top of Dragon mountain 1470m high above sea level.
On the top of the Dragon mountain, Lung Cu Flagpole is a sacred symbol of sovereignty in the Northernmost tip of Vietnam, where a 54m² flag, representing the 54 ethnic groups living on this territory, is flying. Lung Cu is a place where dense cultural heritage values are intertwined with no less special geoheritage values. On the way up the tower, in the limestone that forms Dragon mountain, visitors may find many Trilobite fossils, in particular the tail of a trilobite crops out right on the surface of limestone like a King’s crown.
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The trilobites are a fossil group of extinct marine animals, their existence confirms 520 million years ago, i.e. oldest so far in the Geopark, ancient sea prevailed in this area. Standing on top of Dragon mountain, visitors can admire the hogback landform made from ridging cones, which in turns consist of steadily tilted in one direction limestone layers. To the northeast and southwest, they can find two lakes right at the foot of the mountain, called “dragon’s eyes” by local people.
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Although at altitude of nearly 1500m asl, these lakes never dry up. Legend has it that once villagers’ life was very hard due to the lack of water. Feeling compassion, before flying back to heaven, the sacred dragon left its eyes, which turned into the lakes. According to scientists the "dragon’s eyes" are actually two sinkholes that had been sealed off by clay - the weathering product of limestone in the area.