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Daecheongdo

Coordinates: 37°49′30″N 124°42′00″E / 37.82500°N 124.70000°E / 37.82500; 124.70000
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Daecheongdo
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Geography
Coordinates37°49′30″N 124°42′00″E / 37.82500°N 124.70000°E / 37.82500; 124.70000
Korean name
Hangul
대청도
Hanja
大靑島
RRDaecheongdo
MRTaech'ŏngdo

Daecheongdo (Korean: 대청도; lit. 'big blue island'; pronounced [tɛtɕʰʌŋdo]) or Daecheong Island is a 12.63 km2 (4.88 sq mi), 7 km (4.3 mi) long and 6.3 km (3.9 mi) wide island in Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea, near the Northern Limit Line.[1]

The island is 19 km (12 mi) from the coast of South Hwanghae Province in North Korea.[2]

Description

Fishing is popular on the island. Until the late 1980s, skate fishing was a growing industry.[2]

The island is at the northernmost natural range of the Camellia japonica.[3]

Two islands nearby are Baengnyeongdo and the much smaller Socheong Island.[citation needed]

History

It is theorized that Daecheongdo was first inhabited during the Neolithic Age (9500–4500 BC). There are definite signs of habitation from the Goryeo period (918–1392), during which time the island was used as a place of exile for criminals. The Chinese Emperor Toghon Temür (1320–1370) was exiled there by the Mongol Yuan dynasty for conspiring in a plot arranged by his stepmother. Legend says he arrived at the island with a court and 100 relatives, then built a palace. The island was generally uninhabited until 1793, when King Jeongjo, of the Joseon period (1392–1897), imported farmers to cultivate the land. During the Japanese occupation of Korea between 1910 and 1945, there were as many as 10,000 people living there and a large port.[4]

The 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement which ended the Korean War specified that the five islands including Daecheong Island would remain under U.N. and South Korea control. This agreement was signed by both North Korea and the United Nations Command.[5] Since then, it has served as a maritime demarcation between North and South Korea in the Yellow Sea (also called "West Sea" in Korean).

Today, the island has approximately 1,000 residents. The primary economic activity on the island is tourism and fishing.[6]

2009 battle

Main article: Daecheong incident

On 10 November 2009, the waters near the island were the scene of a skirmish between the South Korean and North Korean navies. A patrol boat from North Korea was seriously damaged while the navy of South Korea sustained no casualties.[7]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Defense White Paper: 1998 (Report). Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea. 1999. Archived from the original on 13 July 2026. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Daecheongdo Island". Visit Incheon (archive.today). Incheon Metropolitan City. 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Daecheong-do". Galbijim. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Daecheongdo Island (대청도)". Visit Korea. Korea Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Armistice Agreement, paragraph 13(b). "Text of the Korean War Armistice Agreement". FindLaw. 27 July 1953. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  6. ↑ "Daecheongdo Island (대청도)". Visit Korea. Korea Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 6 December 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Foster, Peter (11 November 2009). "North and South Korean ships exchange fire". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 October 2025.
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