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The Sea of Japan (East Sea) is a
marginal sea of the western
Pacific Ocean, bound by the
Japanese islands of
Hokkaido,
Honshu and
Kyushu and
Sakhalin island on the east, and the
Korean peninsula and
Russia on the west.
The sea is connected to other seas by six shallow
straits: the
Strait of Tartary or Mamiya Strait between the
Asian mainland and Sakhalin;
La Perouse Strait or Soya Strait between the islands of Sakhalin and
Hokkaido;
Tsugaru Strait between the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu;
Kanmon Strait between the islands of Honshu and Kyushu;
Tsushima Strait between the islands of Kyushu and Tsushima; and
Korea Strait between Tsushima and the Korean peninsula.
The deepest point is 3712 meters below
sea level. The sea has two major basins,
Yamato Basin and
Japan Basin. They are rich fishing grounds.
Name
The sea is called:
- Sea of Japan - 97% of maps around the world[1],
including Nihonkai or Nipponkai (日本海) in
Japanese, Rėběnhǎi (日本海) in
Chinese, Japonskoje More (Японское Море) in
Russian;
- East Sea - Donghae (ëí-ī;
æąæĩ·) in
South Korean;
- East Sea of Korea - Chosŏn Tonghae (조선동해; 朝鮮東海) in
North Korean.
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