Sanggamryŏng, also known as Shangganling () in Chinese, Triangle Hill ( ko, 3각고지) in South Korea, and Jane Russell Hill in United States is a mountain pass in central

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. The mountain pass is part of the Triangle Hill Complex, which is roughly 4 km north by northeast of Kimhwa. Situated in the valley between the Jane Russell Hill and the Sniper Ridge, the hamlet became famous in China because of the Battle of Shangganling, a large-scale battle in the

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. When the fighting broke out, the hamlet had already been leveled by bombings, with most of its residents displaced, and so it played no role in the battle itself.

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* * Geography of North Korea Kangwon Province (North Korea) {{NorthKorea-geo-stub