Korea Strait

The Korea Strait (Korean: 대한해협, Daehan Haehyeop), also known as the Tsushima Strait, is a narrow body of water between Japan and South Korea.^[1] The name is used in two ways. It identifies the sea between Korea and Tsushima Island;^[2] and it is also used generally to describe the wider ocean area between Korea and the island of Kyushu.^[3]

The strait links the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean.^[4] Tsushima Island is between the western channel (Korea Strait) and the eastern channel (Tsushima Strait).^[5]

1. ↑ The New York Times (2011). The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind. Macmillan. p. 640. ISBN 978-0-312-64302-7.
2. ↑ Laird, Robbin Frederick; Hoffmann, Erik P. (1986). Soviet Foreign Policy in a Changing World. Transaction Publishers. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-202-36924-2.
3. ↑ US Department of State, "Limits in the Seas, No. 121; Straight Baseline and Territorial Sea Claims: South Korea," p. 23; retrieved 2012-9-4.
4. ↑ Smith, Robert W.; Thomas, Bradford L. (1998). Island Disputes and the Law of the Sea: An Examination of Sovereignty and Delimitation Disputes. IBRU. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-897643-28-0.
5. ↑ Maritime Boundary Disputes, Settlement Processes, and the Law of the Sea. BRILL. 2009. p. 53. ISBN 978-90-04-17343-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)