Hansan Island

Japanese: 閑山島 - かんざんとう
Hansan Island

An island located on the southern coast of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, belonging to Tongyeong City. Its area is 17.2 square kilometers. Together with the nearby 16 inhabited islands, including Maemul Island and Gyoyu Island, and 10 uninhabited islands, it constitutes Hansan-myeon (village). Horticultural crops are actively cultivated, and fishing is also thriving. The nearby Hallyeosudo Waterway is a beautiful maritime national park. It is famous as the base of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, who defeated the Japanese navy during the Japanese invasions of Japan in 1552 and 1555 (the Bunroku-Keicho War).

[Mori Seiu]

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Japanese:

韓国(大韓民国)、慶尚南道(けいしょうなんどう/キョンサンナムド)の南海岸、統営市に属する島。面積17.2平方キロメートル。付近の毎勿(まいもつ)島、漁遊島など16個の有人島と10個の無人島とともに閑山面(村)を構成する。園芸作物の栽培が活発であり、また漁業が盛んである。付近の閑麗(かんれい)水道は景色が美しく海上国立公園になっている。壬辰(じんしん)・丁酉(ていゆう)の倭乱(わらん)(文禄(ぶんろく)・慶長(けいちょう)の役)に日本水軍を打ち破った李舜臣(りしゅんしん)提督の根拠地として有名である。

[森 聖雨]

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