{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Maenggol Channel | native_name ={{native name|ko|맹골수도}} | image = | caption = | pushpin_map=South Korea | pushpin_map_alt = Location in South Korea | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Yellow Sea | coords = {{Coord|34.22|N|125.89|E|type:waterbody_scale:2500000|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = South Korea | length ={{convert|6|km|abbr=on}} | width ={{convert|4.5|km|abbr=on}} | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = | temperature_high = | temperature_low = | frozen = | islands = | trenches = | benches = | cities = | reference= }} The '''Maenggol Channel''' ({{Korean|hangul=맹골수도|hanja=|rr=maenggolsudo}}) or '''Maenggol Sudo''' or '''Maenggol Waterway''' is a sea channel named after the Maenggol Island south-west of the Korean Peninsula. Stretching {{Convert|4.5|km}} wide between the Geocha Archipelago and the Maenggol Archipelago and running south-east for {{Convert|6|km}},{{r|19Upf}} the channel has provided a shortcut for ships that try to save fuel and time.{{r|Ndax8}}
The Maenggol Channel has one of the most rapid and unpredictable currents in the Korean Peninsula due to tidal shifts.{{r|jIRPH}}{{r|TGdgP}}{{r|cqQjv}} A 2012 study estimating the prospective tidal current energy resources off the south and west coasts of Korea ranked Maenggol Channel second in South Jeolla Province only surpassed by Myeongnyang Strait that already features the Uldolmok Tidal Power Station.{{r|ByunHart2013}}
In April 2014, the passenger ferry MV ''Sewol'' capsized in the Maenggol Channel north of the island Byeongpungdo, and sank off the coast of Donggeochado.{{r|ca2Io}}{{r|adV5P}}
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<ref name="ByunHart2013">{{cite journal | last1 = Byun | first1 = Do-Seong | last2 = Hart | first2 = Deirdre | last3 = Jeong | first3 = Woo-Jin | title = Tidal Current Energy Resources off the South and West Coasts of Korea: Preliminary Observation-Derived Estimates | journal = Energies | volume = 6 | issue = 2 | year = 2013 | pages = 566–578 | issn = 1996-1073 | doi = 10.3390/en6020566 | citeseerx= 10.1.1.388.8008 | doi-access = free }}</ref> <ref name="19Upf">{{cite book | title = Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 Korea & China Enroute | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6KQ927DWiRAC&pg=PA50 | date = 1 January 2004 | publisher = ProStar Publications | isbn = 978-1-57785-561-3 | pages = 50– }}</ref> <ref name="Ndax8">{{cite web | author = Choe Sang-Hun and Su-Hyun Lee | url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2014/04/19/korean-ferry-pilot-was-negotiating-treacherous-waterway-for-first-time-prosecutors-say/JeEbfKFHJtE6bGd1vRcQqM/story.html | title = Korean ferry pilot was negotiating treacherous waterway for first time, prosecutors say | publisher = The Boston Globe | date = 2014-04-20 | accessdate = 2014-06-13 }}</ref> <ref name="jIRPH">{{cite news |last = Jin |first = Moyoun |url = http://www.ihs.com/pdfs/Insight-Story-of-the-Week.pdf |title = Sewol sinking puts pressure on IMO |work = IHS Maritime Fairplay |pages = 8–9 |publisher = IHS |date = 24 April 2014 |accessdate = 2014-06-13 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223041/http://www.ihs.com/pdfs/Insight-Story-of-the-Week.pdf |archive-date = 14 July 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref> <ref name="TGdgP">{{cite web |url = http://ihsmaritime.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/sewol-sinking-puts-pressure-on-imo/ |title = Sewol sinking puts pressure on IMO |publisher = Ihsmaritime.wordpress.com |date = 24 April 2014 |accessdate = 2014-06-13 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235907/http://ihsmaritime.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/sewol-sinking-puts-pressure-on-imo/ |archive-date = 14 July 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref> <ref name="cqQjv">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/world/asia/pilot-steering-ferry-had-no-experience-in-treacherous-waterway.html?_r=0|title = Divers Begin Bringing Bodies Out of Capsized Ferry|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 19 April 2014|last1 = Sang-Hun|first1 = Choe|last2 = Lee|first2 = Su-Hyun}}</ref> <ref name="ca2Io">{{Cite news | url = | title = Transcript: Passengers couldn't escape South Korean ferry, crew member says | author = Ralph Ellis, KJ Kwon and Greg Botelho | work = CNN World | date = 2014-04-20 }}</ref> <ref name="adV5P">{{cite news | url = http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/19/56/0302000000AEN20140419001254315F.html | title = (4th LD) Rescuers fight time to find hundreds missing in sunken ferry | agency = Yonhap | publisher = English.yonhapnews.co.kr | date = 19 April 2014 | accessdate = 2014-06-13 }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{URL|http://kor.geonamebase.com/node/9397|ROK Database of Geographic Names}} {{Portal|Geography|South Korea}}
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