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Jeongdongjin

Jeongdongjin, also known as Chongdongjin, is a town near Gangneung in , , South Korea, and one of the most popular sites in Korea for watching the sunrise on New Year's Day.
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  • Type: city
  • Description: town in South Korea
  • Also known as: “Chongdongjin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jeongdongjin station and Sun Cruise Resort & Yacht.

Railway station
Photo: Showtime2027, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station on the Yeongdong Line of Korail, the station closest to the beach in , and a popular cross country train destination from , for sunrise viewing.

Hotel
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Sun Cruise Resort & Yacht is a hotel resort in Jeongdongjin on the east coast of . Designed in the image of a cruise ship, notably the Royal Caribbean International Sovereign class, the hotel is 165 metres long and 45 metres tall and overlooks the beach resort.

Jeongdongjin

Latitude
37.689° or 37° 41′ 20″ north
Longitude
129.034° or 129° 2′ 2″ east
Open location code
8Q9FM2QM+HH
Wiki­data ID
Q6180305
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Jeongdongjin” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “正东津”
  • Chinese: “正東津”
  • French: “Jeongdongjin”
  • Hungarian: “Jeongdongjin”
  • Japanese: “正東津”
  • Korean: “정동진”
  • Korean: “정동진리”
  • Swedish: “Jeongdongjin”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jeongdongjin”. Photo: G43, CC BY-SA 3.0.