Musu Point or Musu Dan
( ko, , , "Cape of the Dancing Water" or "Waters") is a
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
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headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
in the middle of the country's eastern coast along the
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it h ...
. It forms the eastern side of
North Hamgyong
North Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏngbukdo, ) is the northernmost province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Hamgyong Province.
Geography
The province is bordered by China (Jilin) on the north, ...
's
Hwadae County and the northern point of
East Korea Bay.
Names
In the 19th century, Musu Point was variously known as
[.][.] or .
[ It was known in Korean as .][.] During the Japanese occupation of Korea
Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon, Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji period, Meiji government, military ...
, it was known as
Geography
Musu Point is a promontory consisting of high reddish cliffs projecting boldly south but tapering down to the sea at its apex,Yongdae Gap
Yongdae Gap ( ko, , , "Dragon-Terrace Cape") is a North Korean headland in the middle of the country's eastern coast along the Sea of Japan. It forms the southeastern corner of South Hamgyong's Tanchon and the western point of a narrow bay shelt ...
.[.] The peak of the mountain forming the cape has been reckoned as .[
A rock high lies just south of the point. Another, considered to resemble two crouching dogs when approached from the north or south, lies just off the coast to its north.]
History
The Japanese passenger ship '' Koshun Maru'', operated by the OSK Line
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines ( ja, 株式会社商船三井, Kabushiki-gaisha Shōsen Mitsui; abbreviated MOL) is a Japanese transport Company (law), company headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the largest shipping companies in ...
, was wrecked off the point in 1910.[.] Musu Dan Lighthouse, rising from near the cape's south extremity,[ The white structure is still active, but closed to the public.][ The American ]National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national ...
notes, however, that "the existence and operation of all navigational aids should be considered unreliable on the east coast of North Korea".[.]
See also
* Musudan, its namesake North Korean missile
* Musudan Village, its namesake village and missile launch site
* List of lighthouses in North Korea
This is a list of lighthouses in North Korea.
Lighthouses
See also
* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
References
External links
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North Korea
Lists of buildings and structures in North Korea
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References
Citations
Bibliography
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External links
* , a topographical map of the area around Musu Point.
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Headlands of North Korea
Landforms of North Hamgyong
Lighthouses in North Korea