East Korea Bay

The East Korea Bay (Korean: 동조선만, 동한만), also formerly known in English as Broughton Bay,[1] is a bight in the east coast of North Korea and an extension of the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea), 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. Whaling was once common in the region, targeting species such as fin whales.[2]

East Korea Bay
The location of East Korea Bay.
North Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	동조선만
Hancha	東朝鮮灣
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Dongjoseonman McCune–Reischauer Tongjosŏnman
South Korean name
Hangul	동한만
Hanja	東韓灣
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Donghanman McCune–Reischauer Tonghanman

See also

• Geography of North Korea
• Korea Bay (West Korea Bay)
• Korean Peninsula

References

Citations

1. EB (1878), p. 390.
2. Whalelove.com. 참고래 Balaenoptera physalus. Retrieved on August 26, 2017

Bibliography

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