East Korea Bay

East Korea(n) Bay
The location of East Korea Bay.
North Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	동조선만
Hancha	東朝鮮灣
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Dongjoseon-man McCune–Reischauer Tongjosŏn-man
South Korean name
Hangul	동한만
Hanja	東韓灣
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Donghan-man McCune–Reischauer Tonghan-man

East Korea or East Korean Bay, also known by its Korean names Dongjoseon-man or Donghan-man, is a bay in North Korea and an extension of the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea). It is located between the provinces of South Hamgyong and Kangwon. Its northern end is Musu Dan, near the Musudan Village missile site which gave its name to North Korea's Taepodong and Musudan missiles.

It was formerly also known in English as Broughton Bay.^[1]

See also

• Korean Peninsula
• Korea Bay (West Korea Bay)

References

Citations

Bibliography

• "Corea", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, pp. 390–394 .

Coordinates: 39°30′00″N 127°49′59″E / 39.5°N 127.833°E / 39.5; 127.833