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Namhaedo or Namhae Island is the principal island of Namhae County, on the southern coast of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is the fifth largest island in South Korea. Together with Changseon Island, it forms Namhae County. It is joined to land by Namhae Bridge.

Namhaedo
Hangul	남해도
Hanja	南海島
Revised Romanization	Namhaedo
McCune–Reischauer	Namhaedo

Namhaedo

Native name: 남해도
Namhaedo
Geography
Location	Korea Strait
Coordinates	34°47′N 127°55′E
Area	300 km2 (120 sq mi)
Highest elevation	786 m (2579 ft)
Highest point	Mangun
Administration
South Korea
Province	South Gyeongsang
Largest settlement	Namhae
Demographics
Ethnic groups	Korean

History

Namhaedo Island is the location of Yi Sun-sin's death on the 16th of December, 1598.[1]

Chen Lin and Yi Sunsin together helped defeat the Japanese at the Battle of Noryang, ending the Imjin war.

See also

• Battle of Noryang
• Yi Sun-sin
• Chen Lin (Ming dynasty)

References

На других языках

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[fr] Namhae

L'île Namhae (en coréen : 남해도) est une île située dans la province de Gyeongsang du Sud en Corée du Sud. C'est la cinquième plus grande île de Corée du Sud. Avec l'île de Changseon, elle forme le district de Namhae. Elle est reliée au continent par le pont de Namhae.

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