Yeongheungdo
Yeongheungdo
Myeon in Sudogwon, South Korea
Yeongheung Island is an island in the Yellow Sea, within the municipal borders of Incheon metropolitan city. It has a population of roughly 4000 people and an area of 23.46 km2.[1] The island is connected by road to neighbouring Seonjae-do (Hangeul:선재도) (and thus to Daebu Island and the mainland) by the 1.25 km-long Yeongheung Bridge,[2] which opened in December 2001. Administratively, the island today is divided into ten li: Nae-ri (내리) 1 to 7, and Oi-ri (외리) 1 to 3.[3] Employment is provided through tourism, fishing, and the thermoelectric power station, largely built on reclaimed land on the south-west coast of the island.