The Pansong or Banseong Archipelago is a chain of islands located off the coast of
Cholsan
Ch'ŏlsan County is a ''kun'', or county, in North P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It occupies the Ch'ŏlsan Peninsula, which juts into the Yellow Sea. Ch'ŏlsan borders Yŏmju and Tongrim counties to the north, and is bounded on all other si ...
county,
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 Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
. The chain includes North Korea's largest island,
Sinmi-do.
The major islands in the archipelago are:
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Sinmi-to (신미도/身彌島)
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Ka-to (가도/椵島)
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Tan-to (탄도/炭島)
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Honggon-to (홍건도/洪建島)
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Taehwa-to (대화도/大和島), home to a small naval base at )
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Sohwa-to (소화도/小和島)
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Hoe-to (회도/灰島)
The archipelago also includes many smaller islands, including
* Nabi-som (나비섬)
* Uri-to (우리도/牛里島)
* Taekacha-to (대가차도/大加次島)
* Sokacha-to (소가차도/小加次島)
* Taedu-to (대두도/大豆島)
* Pugun-to (부군도/府郡島)
* Taejongjok-to (대정족도/大鼎足島)
* Kom-to
* Ung-to (웅도/熊島)
* Mugunjang-to
* Sari-yom (사리염)
* Chi-to (지도/芝島)
* Uri-to (우리도/于里島)
* Samcha-to
* Rap-to (랍도/蠟島)
* Sorap-to (소랍도/小蠟島)
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110719154813/http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/korea/250k/NJ51_4.jpg
* http://www.cheonan.go.kr/cheonan/pride_4.asp?b_md=200&no=4167
* http://alldic.nate.com/search/krdic.html?q=%C3%B6%BB%EA%B1%BA&cm=c
Islands of North Korea
North Pyongan
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