Sanggamryong
Mountain pass in North Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a mountain pass. For the battle in the Korean War, see Battle of Triangle Hill. For the Chinese war film, see Battle on Shangganling Mountain.
Sanggamryŏng, also known as Shangganling (Chinese: 上甘岭; pinyin: Shànggānlǐng) in Chinese, Triangle Hill (Korean: 삼각고지) in South Korea, and Jane Russell Hill in United States is a mountain pass in central North Korea.
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Quick Facts Korean name, Chosŏn'gŭl ...
Sanggamryong | |
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Chosŏn'gŭl | 상감령 |
Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Sanggamryeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Sanggamryŏng |
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Quick Facts Hangul, Hanja ...
Triangle Hill | |
Hangul | 삼각고지 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Samgakgoji |
McCune–Reischauer | Samgakkoji |
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The mountain pass is part of the Triangle Hill Complex, which is roughly 4 km north by northeast of Kimhwa. Situated in the valley between the Jane Russell Hill and the Sniper Ridge, the hamlet became famous in China because of the Battle of Shangganling, a large-scale battle in the Korean War. When the fighting broke out, the hamlet had already been leveled by bombings, with most of its residents displaced, and so it played no role in the battle itself.