Lake Samilpo

Lake Samilpo
Coordinates 38°41′00″N 128°18′00″E / 38.68333°N 128.30000°E / 38.68333; 128.30000Coordinates: 38°41′00″N 128°18′00″E / 38.68333°N 128.30000°E / 38.68333; 128.30000
Type lake
Basin countries North Korea
Surface area 80 ha (200 acres)

Lake Samilpo is an 80 hectacre (ha) freshwater lake in south-eastern Kangwon Province in south-eastern North Korea. It lies about 2 kilometers (km) from the coast of the Sea of Japan and 9 km north-west of the border with South Korea. It is one of North Korea’s designated Natural Monuments. With its surrounds of temperate broadleaf and mixed forest, Lake Samilpo has also been identified by BirdLife International as a 160 ha Important Bird Area (IBA). The lake supports populations of wintering water and wetland birds. Species using the site include swan geese, greater white-fronted geese, mute swans, whooper swans and red-crowned cranes.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Lake Samilpo". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-06.


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