Samji Lake
{{Short description|Lake in North Korea}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul =삼지연
| hanja =三池淵
| rr =Samjiyeon
| mr =Samjiyŏn
| koreanipa =
| context =north
| image =Lake Samjiyon.jpg
| caption =
}}
File:Grand Monument on Lake Samji (14561367612).jpg
Samji ({{korean|hangul=삼지|context=north}}) is a lake in North Korea.{{cite web|url=http://www.koreakonsult.com/Attraction_Paektu_eng.html|title=Mt.Paektu tourist guide, North Korea|website=Korea Konsult AB|accessdate=22 June 2018}} The lake serves as a tourist attraction.
Etymology
The word samji means "three pools" in Korean language. The lake is formed by three ponds which are located side by side.{{cite web|url=http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/society/?natural+22+453|title=Lake Samji|publisher=Foreign Languages Publishing House|website=Naenara|date=9 January 2014|access-date=22 June 2018}}
History
Between 1937 and 1939, the Japanese built the 120-km-long Hyesan-Musan Guard Road one hundred meters from the lake.{{Cite web | title = Lake Samji | work = North Korea Online Travel Guide | archive-date = 12 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140312020910/http://www2.vnc.nl/korea/?City_Guide:Paektusan:Lake_Samji | url = http://www2.vnc.nl/korea/?City_Guide:Paektusan:Lake_Samji }}{{Cite web|url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1938122500209206007&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1938-12-25&officeId=00020&pageNo=6&printNo=6229&publishType=00020|title = 네이버 뉴스 라이브러리}}
The lake is near the location of the Battle of Musan fought in May 1939. The battle is considered important in history of the Korean Revolution.{{cite book|author=Robert Willoughby|title=North Korea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4XKBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA248|date=22 July 2014|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-476-1|page=248}}
Samji Lake is designated as a Revolutionary Battle Site.{{Cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012070752/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2000/200004/news04/12.htm |url= http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2000/200004/news04/12.htm#15 |title=Samjiyon Revolutionary Battle Site |date=12 April 2000 |archive-date=12 October 2014 |agency=KCNA }} The {{ill|Grand Monument of Lake Samji|de|Großmonument Samjiyŏn}} there is built in honor of Kim Il Sung.
See also
References
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Category:Endorheic lakes of Asia
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