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Jukdo (Korean: 죽도; lit. bamboo island) is a small island in Jeodong-ri, Ulleung-myeon, Ulleung County, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is next to the island Ulleungdo in the Sea of Japan. It is also known as Jukseodo (죽서도; 竹嶼島). It lies 2 km (1 mi) east of Ulleungdo, and is the largest island in the group apart from ...
Ulleungdo (Korean: 울릉도; IPA: [uɭːɯŋdo]), also spelled Ulreungdo, is a South Korean island 120 kilometres (65 nmi; 75 mi) east of the Korean Peninsula in the Sea of Japan. It was formerly known as Dagelet Island or Argonaut Island in Europe .
The Liancourt Rocks are situated at a distance of 211 kilometres (114 nmi) from the main island of Japan and 216.8 kilometres (117.1 nmi) from mainland South Korea. The nearest Japanese island, Oki Islands , is at a distance of 157 kilometres (85 nmi), [ 11 ] and the nearest Korean island, Ulleungdo , is 87.4 kilometres (47.2 nmi).
Map of South Korea. The following is a list of major islands of South Korea, the Republic of Korea, arranged by body of water and then by province.. South Korea is mostly surrounded by water and has 2,413 kilometres (1,499 mi) of coast line along three seas; to the west is the Yellow Sea (called Sohae Korean: 서해; Hanja: 西海; in South Korea, literally means west sea), to the south is the ...
Ulleungdo), and that the county hall shall govern Ulleungdo, Jukdo, and Seokdo. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Japan says that there is no evidence to identify the island "Seokdo" as Liancourt Rocks, [ 57 ] [ 58 ] and that there is no record that proves the effective occupation by Korea before Japanese Cabinet decision of January 28, 1905.
Don Steven McDougal was charged with capital murder in Audrii Cunningham's killing in February 2024
Ulleung County (Korean: 울릉군; Hanja: 鬱陵郡) is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.. Ulleung County has a population of 10,426 making it the least populated county in South Korea.
Joseon map(1530): Ulleungdo (鬱陵島) and Usando (于山島), ancient Dokdo（獨島）. The Dokdo Museum in Ulleung is government run. It is underwritten by Samsung. [2] [1] The museum was built in the shape of Sambongdo (三 峰 島, literally "Three Peaks Island," Liancourt Rocks' name in the Joseon Dynasty). The first curator, Lee Jong ...