Yeongheungdo

Yeongheungdo () is an island in the Yellow Sea, within the municipal borders of Incheon metropolitan city, in South Korea.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Yeongheung Island
Settlement.native_name: 영흥도靈興島
Settlement.native_name_lang: Korean
Settlement.settlement_type: Myeon
Settlement.translit_lang1: Korean
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Hangul
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: 영흥도
Settlement.translit_lang1_type2: Hanja
Settlement.translit_lang1_info2: 靈興島
Settlement.translit_lang1_info3: Yeongheungdo
Settlement.translit_lang1_info4: Yŏnghŭngdo
Settlement.image_skyline: 2010-09-23 - Yeongheung Bridge.jpg

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Yeongheungdo () is an island in the Yellow Sea, within the municipal borders of Incheon metropolitan city, in South Korea.

==Geography== The island has a population of roughly 4000 people and an area of 23.46 km2. The island is connected by road to neighbouring Seonjae-do (선재도) (and thus to Daebu Island and the mainland) by the 1.25 km-long Yeongheung Bridge, which opened in December 2001. Administratively, the island today is divided into ten li: Nae-ri (내리) 1 to 7, and Oi-ri (외리) 1 to 3. Employment is provided through tourism, fishing, and the thermoelectric power station, largely built on reclaimed land on the south-west coast of the island.