Misari Regatta

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Misari Regatta
Hangul 미사리 조정경기장
Hanja
Revised Romanization Misari jojeong gyeonggijang
McCune-Reischauer Misari chochŏng kyŏngkichang

Misari 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 boat racing and canoeing competition during the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Olympics.[1] 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.[2]

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