Sanggamryong

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.

Korean name
Sanggamryong
Map of the Triangle Hill Complex, Sanggamryŏng is located at the Y junction behind Jane Russell Hill
Chosŏn'gŭl	상감령
Hancha	上甘嶺
Revised Romanization	Sanggamryeong
McCune–Reischauer	Sanggamryŏng

Triangle Hill
Hangul	삼각고지
Hanja	三角高地
Revised Romanization	Samgakgoji
McCune–Reischauer	Samgakkoji

Sanggamryŏng, also known as Shangganling (Chinese: 上甘岭; pinyin: Shànggānlǐng) in Chinese, Triangle Hill (Korean: 3각고지) in South Korea, and Jane & Russell Hill in United States is a mountain pass in central North Korea.

The mountain pass is part of the Triangle Hill Complex that 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 due to the Battle of Shangganling, a large-scale battle in the Korean War. By the time the fighting broke out, the hamlet had already been leveled by bombings with most of its residents displaced, thus it played no role in the battle itself.

References

Zhou, Ming (周明) (2000). "Shangganling Campaign (上甘岭战役)". Endorsed by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, War to Resist America and Aid Korea Research Net. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-04. External link in |publisher= (help)
Chae, Han Kook; Chung, Suk Kyun; Yang, Yong Cho (2001), Yang, Hee Wan; Lim, Won Hyok; Sims, Thomas Lee; Sims, Laura Marie; Kim, Chong Gu; Millett, Allan R., eds., The Korean War, Volume III, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 978-0-8032-7795-3

Coordinates: 38°20′0″N 127°28′0″E / 38.33333°N 127.46667°E / 38.33333; 127.46667 (Sanggamnyŏng)

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