Misari Regatta

Misa Regatta is a boat racing track and park located in the neighborhood of Misa-dong in Hanam City, Gyeonggi Province, in the vicinity of 20 km east of Seoul, South Korea. It was established for the rowing and canoeing competition during the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Olympics.[1][2] The place has a 4.4 million square meters in total, the lake area of which covers 2,212 m in length, 140m in width and depth 3m. The area was originally a small island surrounded by sand which made its scenery as beautiful as if it were waving, so was named "Misa-ri" (sand waving) in Korean.[3]

Misari Regatta
Hangul
미사경정공원
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMisa jojeong gyeonggijang
McCune–ReischauerMisa chojŏng kyŏnggijang

References
  1. "Misari Regatta". Gyeonggi Province government website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
  2. 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 186-7.
  3. "Misari Regatta (미사리조정경기장 渼沙里漕艇競技場)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-09.


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