Yongdae Gap

alternative Yongdae-gap

1. A cape in Tanchon, South Hamgyong, North Korea, on the northern shore of East Korea Bay.

   Our first intrusion was at a point 8.1 miles from Yongdae Gap, in position north 40 degrees 23 minutes, east 129 degrees 13 minutes.

   1968 September 16 [1968 September 12], Edward Renz Murphy, Jr., quotee, “Text of Pueblo Crew's Press Conference”, in Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, volume II, number 181, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Pyongyang KCNA International Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page D 7

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   Yongdae Gap (Ryūdai Kō), the precipitous southern extremity of a small peninsula, rises to a height of 154 feet and is free from off-lying dangers. A sparse clump of pine trees surmounts a 200-foot hill situated about 1 mile northward of Yongdae Gap.

   1951, “Tumen River to Pusan Hang”, in Sailing Directions for the Southeast Coast of Siberia and Korea, 2nd edition, Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 285, column 2

   While returning to Wonsan, Nootka encountered nine sampans fishing the bay between Yongdae-gap and Yohae-jin. Fishing was allowed close inshore, but blockade regulations prohibited fishing a long way offshore, where Communist agents might observe UN movements.

   [1971, Martin H. Brice, “HMCS Nootka”, in The Tribals: Biography of a Destroyer Class, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 196

   From a position SE of Yongdae Gap (40°28'·33N 129°03'·75E) the route leads ENE for about 43 miles to a position ESE of Musu Dan (40°50'·24N 129°42'·85E)[…] The coast between Yongdae Gap (see above) and Sajin Dan, 13 miles NNE, is high; it is fringed by numerous rocks, most of which are steep-to.

   2011, J. Boswell, “East coast of Korea — Suwǒn Dan to Tumen River”, in South and East Coasts of Korea, East Coast of Siberia and Sea of Okhotsk Pilot, 9th edition, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 221

   Synonyms: Cape Schlippenbach, Cape Schlippenback