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Korea Strait

sea passage between Japan and South Korea
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Korea Strait
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Summary

Korea Strait is a strait[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,190 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3], South Korea[4]
  • Commons category: Korea Strait[5]
  • Has part(s): Western Channel[6], Tsushima Strait[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Korea Strait[8]
  • Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[13]
  • Vertical depth: 227 m[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

Korea Strait has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Japan South Korea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Korea Strait
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → Western Channel, Tsushima Strait
    Local thumb → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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