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Dalianwan may refer to: * Dalian Bay Dalian Bay (), known historically as Talienwan, Talien-wan and Talien-hwan, is a bay on the southeast side of the Liaodong Peninsula () of Northeast China, open to the Korea Bay in the Yellow Sea () in the east. Downtown Dalian lies along the so ..., Liaoning Province, China () * Dalianwan Station, Dalian Metro {{Dab ...
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Dalian Bay
Dalian Bay (), known historically as Talienwan, Talien-wan and Talien-hwan, is a bay on the southeast side of the Liaodong Peninsula () of Northeast China, open to the Korea Bay in the Yellow Sea () in the east. Downtown Dalian lies along the southern shore of the bay. Its significance is that it is ice-free year-round, while Jinzhou Bay () on the other, northwest side of the peninsula is part of the Bohai Sea (), and is shallow and closed by ice for four months of the winter. The bay was the rendezvous point for the British fleet for the 1860 assault on China during the Second Opium War, which resulted in the naming of the naval fortress Port Arthur (now Lüshunkou District, Dalian). In 1879, about 20 small islands with their bays around Dalian were named Dalian Bay and barbettes for military use were built after that. By the end of the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895, most of the barbettes were discarded and a fishery industry started quickly. Now only six barbettes re ...
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