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Modo Island is a small island in Jindo County, South Jeolla province, South Korea, just off the southwest corner of the Korean peninsula. It is located to the south-east of Jindo Island and is about 1.1 km long and 300 meters wide.

Modo

Native name: 모도
Modo
Geography
Location	Yellow Sea, East China Sea
Coordinates	34.407°N 126.354°E / 34.407; 126.354
Administration
South Korea
Province	South Jeolla
County	Jindo County

Modo, Jindo
Hangul	모도
Hanja	茅島
Revised Romanization	Modo
McCune–Reischauer	Modo

The tide-related sea level variations result in a land pass 2.9 km long and 10–40 meters wide opening for approximately an hour between Modo and Jindo islands. The event occurs roughly twice a year, around April–June.[1] It had long been celebrated in a local festival called "Jindo's Sea Way", but was largely unknown to the world until 1975, when the French ambassador Pierre Randi described the phenomenon in a French newspaper.[2][3] Nowadays, nearly half a million foreign and local tourists attend the event annually. It is accompanied by local festivals which include Ganggangsuwollae (Korean traditional circle dance), Ssitkim-gut (a shaman ritual, consoling the souls of the dead), Deul Norae (traditional farmers' songs), Manga (burial ceremony songs), Jindo dog show, Buknori (drum performance) and fireworks.[4][5]

References

External links

• Satellite images of island and the "miracle road" (vague)
• County government home page

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