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 Map showing the location of the Sea of Japan. | ||||||||
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| English: Korea East Sea | ||||||||
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| English: Japanese Sea |
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea and Russia and is referred to in South Korea as the East Sea."S Korea bid to solve sea dispute", BBC News, 2007-01-08. Retrieved on 2008-02-17. "South Korea calls it the East Sea" Report on the Progress in Consultations on the Naming of the Sea Area between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (South Korea) (2007-08-30). Retrieved on 2008-02-17. “the sea area has been consistently called "East Sea" in Korea” Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure.Tides in Marginal, Semi-Enclosed and Coastal Seas - Part I: Sea Surface Height. ERC-Stennis at Mississippi State University. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
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The Sea of Japan is bound by the Russian mainland and Sakhalin island to the north, the Korean Peninsula to the west, and the Japanese islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū, and Kyūshū to the east.
Sea of Japan
It is connected to other seas by five shallow straits: the Strait of Tartary between the Asian mainland and Sakhalin; La Perouse Strait between the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaidō; the Tsugaru Strait between the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū; the Kanmon Straits between the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū; and the Korea Strait (genkainada) between the Korean Peninsula and the island of Kyūshū. The Korea Strait is composed of the Western Channel and the Tsushima Strait, on either side of Tsushima Island.
The sea has three major basins: the Yamato Basin in the southeast; the Japan Basin in the north; and the Tsushima Basin (Ulleung Basin) in the southwest. The Japan Basin has the deepest areas of the sea, while the Tsushima Basin has the shallowest.
On the eastern shores, the continental shelves of the sea are wide, but on the western shores, particularly along the Korean coast, they are narrow, averaging about 30 kilometres wide.
The Tsushima Warm Current, a branch of Kuroshio Current, flows northward through the Korea Strait along the Japanese shore, and the Liman Cold Current flows southward through the Strait of Tartary along the Russian shore.
The Sea of Japan was once a landlocked sea when the land bridge of East Asia existed.Totman, Conrad D. (2004). Pre-Industrial Korea and Japan in Environmental Perspective. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
The areas in the north and the southeast are rich fishing grounds. The importance of the fishery in the sea is well illustrated by the dispute between South Korea and Japan over Liancourt Rocks. The sea is also important for its mineral deposits, particularly magnetite sands. There are also believed to be natural gas and petroleum fields. With the growth of East Asian economies, the Sea of Japan has become an increasingly important commercial waterway.
The last documented observation of the Japanese Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus japonicus) was a sighting of 50 or 60 individuals on Liancourt Rocks in 1951. These animals bred in flat, open, sandy beaches and were indigenous to the Northwest Pacific shores of Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Hunted to extinction by fishermen, there is some disagreement as to whether the Japanese Sea Lion were a distinct species or a subspecies of the California Sea Lion. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Zalophus japonicus. IUCN. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
The name of the water is disputed. While Sea of Japan is the commonly used term to refer to the sea amongst most other countries, both North Korea and South Korea have advocated for different names to be used, either instead of or concurrent with "Sea of Japan". North Korea proposes the "East Sea of Korea"Efforts of the Government of Japan in Response to the Issue of the Name of the Sea of Japan (1) The 8th UNCSGN, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan while South Korea proposes the "East Sea",Ministry of Foreign Affiars and Trade. East Sea. or the "Sea of Korea/Korean Sea" Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries 2005. The Name East Sea Used for Two Millennia. As a result of Korean objections to the name "Sea of Japan", some English-language publications refer to it as "Sea of Japan (East Sea)", incorporating a version of the Korean name.sea of japan and east sea map information pageSea of Japan vs. East Sea
On August 27, 2007, both Korean states made proposals to the Ninth Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names institued by the United Nations, asking for the official adoption of their respective preferred names. The conference made no decision on the issue but called on all parties to find a commonly accepted solution. The chairman of the session stated that "individual countries could not impose specific names on the international community and standardization could only be promoted when a consensus existed".Report of the 9th UNCSGN, 2007 In practice, this meant that UN institutions would continue to use the name "Sea of Japan".Kyodo News, "Despite Korean efforts, geographic conference backs Sea of Japan name", The Japan Times, 29 Aug 07, [1]
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