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Also known as Namhae-do

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.

Key facts

Islands.name
Namhaedo
Islands.image_caption
View from the mountain Geumsan on the island (2008)
Islands.native_name
남해도
Islands.native_name_link
Korean language
Islands.location
Korea Strait
Islands.mapframe zoom
9
Islands.area_km2
300
Islands.highest_mount
Mangun
Islands.elevation_m
786
Islands.country
South Korea
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
Province
Islands.country_admin_divisions
South Gyeongsang
Islands.country_largest_city
Namhae
Islands.ethnic_groups
Korean
Islands.image
Geumsan of Namhae, Korea.jpg
Korean name/auto.hangul
^남해도
Korean name/auto.hanja
南海島
Korean name/auto.child
yes

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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.

== History == Namhaedo is where Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin died in 1598.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Namhaedo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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