Lake Khasan Explained

Lake Khasan
Location:Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai
Coords:42.4486°N 130.6081°W
Pushpin Map:Russia Primorsky Krai
Outflow:Tanbogatyi River
Basin Countries:Russia
Area:2.23km2

Lake Khasan or Lake Hassan (Russian: озеро Хасан;) is a small lake in Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai of Russia, located southeast of Posyet Bay, near the border with North Korea and China, 130km (80miles) southwest of Vladivostok. It has a surface area of . The Tanbogatyi River flows from the lake. The lake, described as "the tight corner where the territories of Korea, Manchuria, and Russia meet",[1] was the site of the Battle of Lake Khasan in summer 1938. The lake is near Fangchuan, China.

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  1. Quoted from: G. Patrick March. Eastern Destiny: Russia in Asia and the North Pacific. Praeger/Greenwood, 1996. . Page 216.