Western Channel

western channel of the Korean strait between the southern Korean peninsula (including Busan) and the Tsushima islands
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Western Channel

Summary

Western Channel is a strait[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (strait category, ranking #117 of 402).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western Channel is in the country of South Korea[3].
  • Western Channel is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Western Channel's image is recorded as Saengdo.jpg[5].
  • Western Channel's instance of is recorded as strait[6].
  • Western Channel's locator map image is recorded as Корейский пролив.png[7].
  • Western Channel's part of is recorded as Korea Strait[8].
  • Western Channel's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.57, 'lon': 128.89}[9].
  • Western Channel's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Western Channel's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1833435[11].
  • Western Channel's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1114307[12].
  • Western Channel's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122w1f4m[13].
  • Western Channel's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1988156[14].

Body

Geography

Country listings include South Korea[3], a sovereign state[15], in South Korea[16], founded in 1948[17] and Japan[4], a sovereign state[18], in Japan[19], founded in -0660[20]. Western Channel's part of is recorded as Korea Strait[8].

Designation and Status

Western Channel's instance of is recorded as strait[6].

Why It Matters

Western Channel draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (strait category, ranking #117 of 402).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Western Channel. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/western-channel
MLA “Western Channel.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/western-channel.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_western-channel_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Western Channel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/western-channel}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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