The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula,and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. It is one of four seas named after common colour terms,and its name is descriptive of the golden-yellow color of the silt-ridden water discharged from major rivers.
The Sea of Japan(see below for other names) is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago,Sakhalin,the Korean Peninsula,and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea,it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific Ocean. This isolation also affects faunal diversity and salinity,both of which are lower than in the open ocean. The sea has no large islands,bays or capes. Its water balance is mostly determined by the inflow and outflow through the straits connecting it to the neighboring seas and the Pacific Ocean. Few rivers discharge into the sea and their total contribution to the water exchange is within 1%.
Yi Sun-sin was a Korean admiral and military general famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty.
The Menai Strait is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 25 km (16 mi) long,which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales. It varies in width from 400 metres (1,300 ft) from Fort Belan to Abermenai Point to 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) from Traeth Gwyllt to Caernarfon Castle. It then narrows to 500 metres (1,600 ft) in the middle reaches and then it broadens again. At Bangor,Garth Pier,it is 900 metres (3,000 ft) wide. It then widens out,and the distance from Puffin Island to Penmaenmawr is about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi).
Jindo County (Jindo-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province,South Korea. It consists of the island of Jindo and several smaller nearby islands. Jindo Bridge connects Jindo county with Haenam county.
Tsushima Strait or Eastern Channel is a channel of the Korea Strait,which lies between Korea and Japan,connecting the Sea of Japan,the Yellow Sea,and the East China Sea.
The Naruto whirlpools are tidal whirlpools in the Naruto Strait,a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyōgo,Japan. The strait between Naruto and Awaji island has a width of about 1.3 km. The strait is one of the connections between the Pacific Ocean and the Inland Sea,a body of water separating Honshūand Shikoku,two of the main islands of Japan. The tide moves large amounts of water into and out of the Inland Sea twice a day. With a range of up to 1.7 m (5.6 ft),the tide creates a difference in the water level of up to 1.5 m between the Inland Sea and the Pacific. Due to the narrowness of the strait,the water rushes through the Naruto channel at a speed of about 13–15 km/h (8–9 mph) four times a day,twice flowing in and twice flowing out. During a spring tide,the speed of the water may reach 20 km/h (12 mph),creating vortices up to 20 m (66 ft) in diameter.
The HVDC Haenam–Cheju is a 101 kilometer long HVDC submarine cable connection between the Korean Peninsula and the island of Jeju in South Korea,which went into service in 1996. The connection is bipolar,consisting of two 180kV cables with a maximum transmission power of 300 megawatts.
In the Battle of Myeongnyang,on October 26,1597,the Korean Joseon Kingdom's navy,led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin,fought the Japanese navy in the Myeongnyang Strait,near Jindo Island,off the southwest corner of the Korean peninsula.
The Euripus Strait is a narrow channel of water separating the Greek island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea from Boeotia in mainland Greece. The strait's principal port is Chalcis on Euboea,located at the strait's narrowest point.
Geojedo or Geoje Island is the principal island of Geoje City,on the southern coast of Gyeongsangnam-do province,South Korea. It is joined to land by two bridges from nearby Tongyeong. Gohyeon is the largest town on the island. The Busan–Geoje Bridge was opened in December 2010 and provides a more direct connection to the city of Busan.
Jindo (Korean: 진도) is the third largest island in South Korea. Together with a group of much smaller islands,it forms Jindo County.
The naval Battle of Chilcheollyang took place on the night of 28 August 1597. It resulted in the destruction of nearly the entire Korean fleet.
The Battle of Hansan Island and following engagement at Angolpo took place on 8 July 1592. In two naval encounters,Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin's fleet managed to destroy roughly 100 Japanese ships and halted Japanese naval operations along the southern coast.
Hansan Island,also known as Hansando,is in South Gyeongsang Province across a relatively narrow strait from Chungmu on the Tongyeong Peninsula,South Korea.
Uldolmok Tidal Power Station is a tidal power station in Uldolmok,Jindo County,South Korea. The plant was commissioned in May 14, 2009 by the South Korean government. The plant cost US$10 million and has an installed capacity of 1,000 KW,generating 2.4 GWh annually,sufficient to meet the demand of 430 households. Additional 500 kW was commissioned in June 2011.
The Admiral:Roaring Currents (Korean: 명량),or simply The Admiral,is a 2014 South Korean epic action-war film directed and co-written by Kim Han-min. Based on the historical Battle of Myeongnyang,it stars an ensemble cast led by Choi Min-sik as the Korean naval commander Yi Sun-sin. The film was released theatrically in South Korea on July 30,2014.
Yi Sun-sin trilogy is a South Korean period war action film series directed by Kim Han-min based on three major naval battles led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin. The first film The Admiral:Roaring Currents (2014) is based on Battle of Myeongnyang (1597),the second Hansan:Rising Dragon (2022) depicts Battle of Hansan Island (1592) and the last film Noryang:Sea of Death (2023) is based on Battle of Noryang (1598).
