Yeongjongdo
{{Short description|Island in Incheon, South Korea}}
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File:Soldiers_from_the_Un'yō_attacking_the_Yeongjong_castle_on_a_Korean_island_(woodblock_print,_1876).jpg at Yeongjong Island (永宗島) during the Ganghwa Island incident in 1875.]]Yeongjong Island ({{Korean|hangul=영종도}}) is an island in Jung District, Incheon, South Korea. It contains Incheon International Airport as well as small villages, farms, and beaches.
The previously separate Yongyu, Sammok, and Sinbul Islands have been joined to Yeongjong Island by an area of reclaimed land built for the construction of the airport.{{Citation |last=김 |first=주환 |title=영종도 (永宗島) |work=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0037680 |access-date=2024-06-12 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=ko |last2=이 |first2=해미}}
Description
The island is an exclave of Incheon's Jung District, and can be accessed from the mainland via two bridges, Yeongjong Bridge and Incheon Bridge.{{Cite web |last=이 |first=종선 |date=2024-01-26 |title=인천공항 영종·인천대교 인수 물꼬··· 서해평화도로·제3연륙교 영향 |url=http://www.incheontoday.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=240097 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=인천투데이 |language=ko}}
In addition to the airport, the island is known for Eulwangni Beach and Wangsan Beach on the west coast,{{cite web|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264514|title=Eurwangni Beach (을왕리해수욕장) - Official Korea Tourism Organization|publisher=}} and the temple Yongguksa in the central part.{{cite web|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264302|title=Jeondeungsa Temple (전등사) - Official Korea Tourism Organization|publisher=}} The island also has a ferry terminal on its southwest coast for daily ferry service to the island Muuido.
The Incheon Airport Maglev connects the airport to Yongyu station near the ferry terminal.{{Cite web |last=이 |first=승욱 |date=2022-08-03 |title=‘4500억 애물단지’ 인천공항 자기부상열차 6년 만에 결국 휴업 |url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/area/capital/1053436.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=The Hankyoreh |language=ko}}
Incheon Free Economic Zone
Yeongjong Island is considered part of the Incheon Free Economic Zone with a concentration on airport logistics, travel, and tourism.[http://songdo.yonsei.ac.kr/ What is IFEZ] The city of Incheon is also investing in its own airline which will be operated from Yeongjong Island.
In addition to the Incheon Bridge, completed in October 2009, there are a number of projects either proposed or already under construction on the island. Transportation updates and expansions worth US$318 million, including seven light rail lines for the island with six bridges, two tunnels of length 6500 meters, and two stations, were completed in 2002.[http://eng.ifez.go.kr/develop/yeongjong_area/yj_foundation.asp IFEZ page] Other projects include:
- Unbuk multi-leisure Complex. An area focusing on tourism and leisure businesses and a theme park. Residential areas here will be aimed at foreign residents.[http://eng.ifez.go.kr/develop/yeongjong_area/ub_leisure.asp IFEZ page]
- Yongyu-Muui Tourist Complex. The construction of a marina and general tourism zone.[http://eng.ifez.go.kr/develop/yeongjong_area/yumu_tour.asp IFEZ page]
- Yeongjong Sky City. A plan for the whole urban region, to establish air traffic logistics businesses and livable urban space.[http://eng.ifez.go.kr/develop/yeongjong_area/yj_570.asp IFEZ page]
See also
References
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External links
- {{Wikivoyage inline}}
- [http://eng.ifez.go.kr/Incheon Free Economic Zone website]
- [http://www.icjg.go.kr/tour/english/travel/uninhibited.asp Islands in the area]
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Category:Islands of the Yellow Sea
Category:Jung District, Incheon
Category:Incheon International Airport
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