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Tsushima Island is located west of the Kanmon Strait at a latitude between Honshu and Kyushu of the Japanese mainland. The Korea Strait splits at the Tsushima Island Archipelago into two channels; the wider channel, closer to the mainland of Japan, is the Tsushima Strait.
Tsushima City-hall. Tsushima (対馬市, Tsushima-shi) is an island city grouped in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.It is the only city of Tsushima Subprefecture and it encompasses all of Tsushima Island, which lies in the Tsushima Strait north of Nagasaki on the western side of Kyushu, the southernmost mainland island of Japan.
The strait is the channel to the east and southeast of Tsushima Island, with the Japanese islands of Honshu to the east and northeast, and Kyushu and the Gotō Islands to the south and southeast. It is narrowest south-east of Shimono-shima , the south end of Tsushima Island proper, constricted there by nearby Iki Island , which lies wholly in ...
In 1946, the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) defined Japan to include the four main islands and approximately 1000 nearby islands, including Tsushima. [6] In 1948, the Republic of Korea (ROK) asserted its sovereignty over the island based on "historical claims". [7] In 1949, the SCAP rejected South Korea's claim.
Asō Bay (浅茅湾, Asō-wan) is a large, complex inlet that nearly cleaves in two the Japanese island of Tsushima. The bay is notable for its ria coastline, with many peninsulas and various small islands found in close proximity to the shore. [1] It forms part of the Iki-Tsushima Quasi-National Park. [2]
Yi Jong-mu (1360–1425) was a Korean general who led the Oei Invasion of Tsushima Island in 1419.. He was noted for leading a fleet of 227 ships and 17,285 soldiers which landed at the Tsushima Island in Aso Bay on June 19, 1419, which was met with little resistance. [1]
The Ōei Invasion (応永の外寇, Ōei no gaikō), also known as the Gihae Expedition (Korean: 기해동정; Hanja: 己亥東征; RR: Gihae dongjeong), [9] was a 1419 Joseon invasion of Tsushima Island, which is located in the middle of the Tsushima Strait between the Korean Peninsula and Kyushu.
Tsushima Subprefecture, an administrative subdivision of Nagasaki prefecture (coterminous with Tsushima Island) Tsushima Fuchū Domain, a feudal domain of the early modern period, largely if not entirely contiguous with the Province; Tsushima Basin, also known as Ulleung Basin, located at the juncture of the Sea of Japan and the Korea Strait ...