Seogeochado

Seogeochado, Seogeocha Island, or West Geocha Island, is a 2.8 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi; 280 ha) island west of Donggeochado in the Geocha Archipelago in South Korea. It is part of the Dadohaehaesang National Park, and constitutes the north-western point of the Maenggol Channel. Administratively it is located in the western part of Jindo County, South Jeolla Province, in the administrative division of Seogeochado-ri, Jodo-myeon.[1]

Seogeochado
Hangul
서거차도
Hanja
西巨次島
Revised RomanizationSeogeochado
McCune–ReischauerSŏgŏch'ado
Seogeochado is located in South Korea
Seogeochado
Seogeochado

In April 2014, the passenger ferry MV Sewol capsized north of the nearby island Byeongpungdo, and sank off the coast of Donggeochado.[2]

References
  1. "New Document". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  2. Ralph Ellis, KJ Kwon and Greg Botelho (2014-04-20). "Transcript: Passengers couldn't escape South Korean ferry, crew member says". CNN World.

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