DokDo

Location

1 through 96 Dokdo-ri Ulleung-eup Ulleung-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do (101 lots) (postal : 799-805)

Dokdo is the easternmost territory of Korea and situated 87.4km to the southeast of Ulleungdo Island and 216.8km to the east of Jukbeon of the East Coast.As it is 157.5km to the northwest of Oki Island of Shimane Prefecture of Japan, Japan cannot see Dokdo from Oki Island when we can see Dokdo from Ulleungdo Island on a clear day.Dokdo has been created by volcanic activities. It is not one island, but consists of two large islands – Dongdo and Seodo – and 89 small islands around them. Dokdo’s coordinates are 131°52′10.4″ East Longitude and 37°14′26.8″ North Latitude for Dongdo and 131°51′54.6″ East Longitude and 37°14′30.6″ North Latitude for Seodo.

Dokdo is

the easternmost territory of Korea that is 87.4km to the southeast of Ulleungdo Island of Korea and 157,5km to the northwest of Oki Island of Japan.

Size

Dokdo is 187,554㎡ (Dongdo: 73,297㎡; Seodo: 88,740㎡; Other Islands: 25,517㎡) and is a government-owned land (owned by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries). The strait between Dongdo and Seodo is 151m in width, 330m in length, and about 10m in depth.