Korean Peninsula

Summary

Korean Peninsula is a peninsula^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (351 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Korean Peninsula is in the country of North Korea^[3].
• Korean Peninsula is in the country of South Korea^[4].
• Korean Peninsula is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[5].
• Korean Peninsula is on the body of water East China Sea^[6].
• Korean Peninsula is on the body of water Yellow Sea^[7].
• Korean Peninsula's image is recorded as Korea 2003-05-01 NASA MODIS Terra 250m.jpg^[8].
• Korean Peninsula's instance of is recorded as peninsula^[9].
• Korean Peninsula's locator map image is recorded as Korean Peninsula topographic map.png^[10].
• Korean Peninsula's part of is recorded as Korea^[11].
• Korean Peninsula's Commons category is recorded as Korea^[12].
• Korean Peninsula's highest point is recorded as Baekdu Mountain^[13].
• Korean Peninsula's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.5, 'lon': 127}^[14].
• Korean Peninsula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01krx6^[15].
• Korean Peninsula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Korean Peninsula^[16].
• Korean Peninsula's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10044356^[17].
• Korean Peninsula's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[18].
• Korean Peninsula's topic has template is recorded as Template:Korea topics^[19].
• Korean Peninsula's GeoNames ID is recorded as 11494804^[20].
• Korean Peninsula's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '한국'}^[21].
• Korean Peninsula's different from is recorded as Korea^[22].
• Korean Peninsula's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+85270'}^[23].
• Korean Peninsula's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2096396^[24].
• Korean Peninsula's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q116148307^[25].
• Korean Peninsula's Quora topic ID is recorded as Korean-Peninsula^[26].
• Korean Peninsula's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19608020^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include North Korea^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in North Korea^[29], founded in 1948^[30] and South Korea^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in South Korea^[32], founded in 1948^[33]. Adjacent water bodies include Pacific Ocean^[5], an ocean^[34]; East China Sea^[6], a marginal sea^[35], in People's Republic of China^[36]; and Yellow Sea^[7], a sea^[37], in People's Republic of China^[38]. Korean Peninsula's part of is recorded as Korea^[11].

Physical Characteristics

Korean Peninsula's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+85270'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Korean Peninsula's instance of is recorded as peninsula^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Korean Peninsula include East Korea Warm Current^[39], an ocean current^[40], in South Korea^[41].

Why It Matters

Korean Peninsula ranks in the top 4% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (351 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for it include East Korea Warm Current^[39], an ocean current^[40], in South Korea^[41].