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  • 1951년 거제도 포로수용소 1.jpg

    Photo by 한국저작권위원회 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • 1951년 거제도 포로수용소 2.jpg

    Photo by 한국저작권위원회 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • 1951년 거제도 포로수용소 3.jpg

    Photo by 한국저작권위원회 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • Geoje HuengNam Retreat Memorial Tower.jpg

    Photo by Asfreeas via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Geoje POW Camp miniature02.jpg

    Photo by Asfreeas via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Geoje POW Camp-RepatriationTrain.jpg

    Photo by Kang Byeong Kee via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Geoje-POW Camp Digrama Pavillion.jpg

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  • Geoje-POW Camp Entrance Gate.jpg

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Background

Geoje-do POW camp (Korean: 거제도 포로수용소/巨濟島 捕虜收容所, Chinese: 巨济岛战俘营) was a prisoner of war camp located on Geoje island at the southernmost part of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It is considered the largest of the UNC established camps. Geoje Camp was a United Nations Command (UN) POW camp that held North Korean and Chinese prisoners captured by UN forces during the Korean War.

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Year opened

1950

Operational

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1950

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Death-row facility

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Geoje POW Camp. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/geoje-pow-camp
Chicago
"Geoje POW Camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/geoje-pow-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-geoje-pow-camp,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Geoje POW Camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/geoje-pow-camp},
  urldate = {2026-10-24}
}