Yongdae Gap
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Korean 용대갑(龍台岬) (Yongdaegap), from the Revised Romanization of Korean 용대 (yongdae) and 갑 (gap), from Sino-Korean 龍台岬, from 龍 (“Chinese dragon”), 台 (“platform or terrace”), and 岬 (“cape, headland”).
Proper noun
[edit]Yongdae Gap
- A cape in Tanchon, South Hamgyong, North Korea, on the northern shore of East Korea Bay.
- 1951, “Tumen River to Pusan Hang”, in Sailing Directions for the Southeast Coast of Siberia and Korea[1], 2nd edition, Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 285, column 2:
- Yongdae Gap (Ryūdai Kō), the precipitous southern extremity of a small peninsula, rises to a height of 154 feet and is free from off-lying dangers. A sparse clump of pine trees surmounts a 200-foot hill situated about 1 mile northward of Yongdae Gap.
- [1971, Martin H. Brice, “HMCS Nootka”, in The Tribals: Biography of a Destroyer Class[2], London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 196:
- While returning to Wonsan, Nootka encountered nine sampans fishing the bay between Yongdae-gap and Yohae-jin. Fishing was allowed close inshore, but blockade regulations prohibited fishing a long way offshore, where Communist agents might observe UN movements.]
- 2011, J. Boswell, “East coast of Korea — Suwǒn Dan to Tumen River”, in South and East Coasts of Korea, East Coast of Siberia and Sea of Okhotsk Pilot[3], 9th edition, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 221:
- From a position SE of Yongdae Gap (40°28'·33N 129°03'·75E) the route leads ENE for about 43 miles to a position ESE of Musu Dan (40°50'·24N 129°42'·85E) […]
The coast between Yongdae Gap (see above) and Sajin Dan, 13 miles NNE, is high; it is fringed by numerous rocks, most of which are steep-to.
Synonyms
[edit]- (obsolete): Cape Schlippenbach, Cape Schlippenback
Translations
[edit]cape
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