South Sea of Korea

The South Sea of Korea is a relatively shallow coastal sea in the northwest of the Pacific Ocean adjoining the East and West seas of Korea, the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea.

It is 822 700 sq km in area and 381m deep on average, its deepest point reaching 2 999m.

The waters of the Continental Shelf constitute 72% of the sea, so the volume of seawater is relatively small as compared with its area.

It has such peninsulas as Haenam, Janghung, Kohung, Thongyong and Ryosu, dozens of bays including Jinhae, Sunchon and Posong, and over a thousand islands including Jeju, Koje and Namhae.

It has 12 big bays and 17 small ones, scores of lagoons, and nearly 50 long and narrow waterways.