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Saeman’gŭm Seawall

seawall, South Korea

Also known as: Saemangeum Seawall

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feature of Kunsan

In Gunsan
The Saemangeum Seawall, a 21-mile- (33-km-) long dike linking Gunsan with Byeonsan Peninsula National Park to the south, was completed in 2010; the world’s longest seawall at the time of its opening, it made possible the reclamation of some 155 square miles (400 square km) of…
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