Sanggamryŏng, also known as Shangganling () in Chinese, Triangle Hill ( ko, 3각고지) in South Korea, and Jane Russell Hill in United States is a

mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...

in central

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 ...

. The mountain pass is part of the Triangle Hill Complex, which is roughly 4 km north by northeast of

Kimhwa Kimhwa County is a ''kun'', or county, in Kangwŏn province, North Korea. Geography Kimhwa county is primarily mountainous, but the county's southeastern region is low-lying. The highest peak is Pae'gyŏnsan (백연산). The chief stream is ...

. Situated in the valley between the Jane Russell Hill and the Sniper Ridge, the hamlet became famous in China because of the

Battle of Shangganling The Battle of Triangle Hill, also known as Operation Showdown or the Shangganling Campaign (),Chinese sources often mistranslates Shangganling Campaign as the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge. was a protracted military engagement during the Korean ...

, a large-scale battle in the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

. When the fighting broke out, the hamlet had already been leveled by bombings, with most of its residents displaced, and so it played no role in the battle itself.

References

* * Geography of North Korea Kangwon Province (North Korea) {{NorthKorea-geo-stub