Musu Point
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Etymology
Partial calque of Korean 무수단(舞水端) (Musudan), from the Revised Romanization of Korean 무수 (musu) and 단 (dan), from Sino-Korean 舞水端, from 舞 (“dancing”), 水 (“water or waters”), and 端 (“end; cape”).
Proper noun
Musu Point
- A cape in Hwadae County, North Hamgyong, North Korea, forming the northern end of the East Korea Bay.
- 1988, Shannon McCune, Views of the Geography of Korea, 1935-1960, →OCLC, page 128:
- The January temperatures range from -20.0°C at the most isolated spot, Changjin (950 ft), to -16.7°C at Pung son, (1.150 ft), actually slightly higher in elevation but closer to the coast, to -7.6°C at Kolchu (127 ft), on the plain but not on the coast, to -4.6°C at Musu Point (76 ft), a lighthouse on the coast.
- 2009, Jack L. Wells, chapter 19, in Paper Dragon, Wooden Ship, Infinity Publishing, published 2013, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:
- Deep Sea 129's assigned task was a routine “Beggar Shadow” signal intelligence (SIGINT) collection mission. Its flight profile northwest over the Sea of Japan took it to an area offshore of Musu Point, where the EC-121M would turn northeast toward the Soviet Union and orbit along a 120 nautical mile long elliptical track.
Synonyms
- Musudan, Musu-dan, Musu Dan
- (obsolete): Cape Boltin, Cape Bruat, Mong-pai-kot, Busui Tan
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