Gyoam Port

This description was machine-translated from the Korea Tourism Organization's Korean original.

Gyoam Port is a fishing port in Gyoam-ri, Toseong-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do. It was designated a local fishing port on May 4, 1972, and has been managed as such. It forms a boundary with Munam-ri, Jukwang-myeon to the north; a road connects along the coastline to Munam 2-ri Port, and it is known as a quiet port where Cheonhakjeong Pavilion is located. Gyoam has been a thriving fisheries area since the Japanese colonial period and was the place along the East Sea where the most herring were caught. Herring fishing continued until liberation, and the catch was also exported to Japan. Until about ten years ago, Gyoam is also said to have harvested a great deal of seaweed. Much of it grew around Meonseom and Apseom, islands in the sea off Gyoam-ri. (Source: Gangwon State Government)