East China Sea
A marginal sea of the Western Pacific, rich in history and natural resources.
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It covers an area of roughly 770000 km² and is bounded on the east by Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.[1]
Quick Facts
- Area
- Roughly 1,249,000 square kilometers
- Bordering countries
- South Korea
- Japan
- Taiwan
- China
- Major inflow river
- Yangtze River
- International name designator
- International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
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Key facts and history
China names this body of water the "East Sea" due to direction, while the International Hydrographic Organization designates "East China Sea" as the formal international name.[2] In 1995, the People's Republic of China discovered the Chunxiao undersea natural gas field in the East China Sea.[3] In Chinese, this sea is referred to as the East Sea, and it is recognized as one of the Four Seas mentioned in Chinese literary tradition.[4] The boundaries of the "Eastern China Sea (Tung Hai)" have been established by the International Hydrographic Organization.[2]
Right whales were hunted by American whaling vessels in this sea from 1849 through 1892.[5] Extraction of natural gas from the Xihu Sag area's fields, which hold an estimated 364 BCF of proven reserves, started in 2006.[6] An agreement to jointly develop the Chunxiao gas fields was reached by China and Japan in June 2008, yet no consensus on its implementation has ever been achieved.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "East China Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "中华人民共和国版图" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "East China Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Limits of Oceans and Seas", International Hydrographic Organization, 1953, p. 33 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "East China Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kim, "Maritime delimitation and interim arrangements in North East Asia", M. Nijhoff, 2004, p. 285; Bush, "The perils of proximity: China-Japan security relations", Brookings Institution Press, 2010, p. 76 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "East China Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chang, "The Rise of the Chinese Empire: Nation, State, and Imperialism in Early China, ca. 1600 B.C. – A.D. 8", University of Michigan Press, 2007, p. 263–264 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "East China Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ocmulgee, of Holmes Hole, 10 Feb – 27 March 1849, Old Dartmouth Historical Society (ODHS); Covington, of Warren, 26 Feb – 21 March 1854, Nicholson Whaling Colle (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "East China Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "EIA Country Analysis Briefs, East China Sea", eia.gov, March 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "East China Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fackler, "China and Japan in Deal Over Contested Gas Fields", The New York Times, 19 June 2008; Lavelle, "Why Are China and Japan Sparring Over Eight Tiny, Uninhabited Islands?", nationalgeographic.com, 26 October 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780472115334 ("The Rise of the Chinese Empire"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9781600214455 ("Territorial Disputes and Resource Management"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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