Sea of Japan (East Sea)

natural · 2020 AD

"Mare Iaponicum" mentioned in the world map of Christopherus Blancus (1617) for the first time. Most of European maps marked the sea as the "Sea of Korea" in from 16th century to early 18th century. "Oriental Sea" also used occasionally in this period.

Coordinates: 40.24963, 134.59550
Also known as: (بحر الشرق) بحر اليابان (ar), East Sea (en), Japanisches Meer (de), Japanisches Meer (Ostmeer) (de), Japonské moře (cs), Japonské moře (Východní moře) (cs), Koreanisches Meer (de), Korejské moře (cs), Mar Orientale (it), Mar de Corea (ca), Mar de Oriente (es), Mar del Giappone (it), Mar del Giappone (Mar Orientale) (it), Mar del Japón (es), Mar del Japón (Mar de Oriente) (es), Mare di Corea (it), Mer de Corée (fr), Mer de l'Est (fr), Mer du Japon (fr), Mer du Japon (Mer de l'Est) (fr), Ostmeer (de), Sea of Japan (en), Sea of Korea (en), Východní moře (cs), mar de l'Est (ca), mar del Japó (ca), mar del Japó (mar de l'Est) (ca), Ανατολική Θάλασσα (el), Θάλασσα της Ιαπωνίας (el), Θάλασσα της Ιαπωνίας (Ανατολική Θάλασσα) (el), Θάλασσα της Κορέας (el), Жапон теңізі (kk), Жапон теңізі (Шығыс теңізі) (kk), Корей теңізі (kk), Шығыс теңіз (kk), بحر الشرق (ar), بحر اليابان (ar), بحر كوريا (ar)
Dating: exact

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