Namhaedo | |||||||||||
Native Name: | 남해도 | ||||||||||
Native Name Link: | Korean language | ||||||||||
Location: | Korea Strait | ||||||||||
Coordinates: | 34.7833°N 182°W | ||||||||||
Mapframe-Zoom: | 9 | ||||||||||
Area Km2: | 300 | ||||||||||
Highest Mount: | Mangun | ||||||||||
Elevation M: | 786 | ||||||||||
Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Province | ||||||||||
Country Admin Divisions: | South Gyeongsang | ||||||||||
Country Largest City: | Namhae | ||||||||||
Ethnic Groups: | Korean | ||||||||||
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Namhaedo or Namhae Island is the principal island of Namhae County, on the southern coast of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is the fifth largest island in South Korea. Together with Changseon Island, it forms Namhae County. It is joined to land by Namhae Bridge.
Namhaedo is where Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin died in 1598.[1]
Chen Lin and Yi Sun-sin together helped defeat the Japanese at the Battle of Noryang, ending the Imjin War.