Baengnyeongdo
Sign in to saveBaengnyeongdo (; ), sometimes Baekryeong Island, is an island in Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea. It is an inhabited island located near the Northern Limit Line, and is closer to North Korea than it is to the South.
Key facts
- Island.location
- Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea
- Island.name
- Baengnyeongdo
- Island.population
- 4329
- Island.mapframe zoom
- 10
- Island.image
- KOCIS Korea Island Baengnyeongdo10 (9267791756).jpg
- Island.image_caption
- Part of the island (2013)
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- ^백령도
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 白翎島
- Korean name/auto.child
- yes
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- Toponymy
- Description
- Geography
- Environment
- History
- Korean War
- Post-war
- March 2010 Baengnyeong incident
- Climate
- Religion
- Neighboring islands
- Gallery
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Baengnyeongdo (; ), sometimes Baekryeong Island, is an island in Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea. It is an inhabited island located near the Northern Limit Line, and is closer to North Korea than it is to the South.
Since the 1945 division of Korea, the island has remained under South Korean control. This was affirmed by the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement which ended the Korean War. Since then, the island has hosted both North Korean defectors and skirmishes between the two countries.