Extreme points of South Korea
Overall
Extreme Point | Location | Village, Township | City / County | Province /
Metropolitan City |
Coordinates | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northernmost point [1] | North point of Daegang-ri | Daegang-ri, Hyeonnae-myeon |
County of Goseong | Province of Gangwon | 38°36′40″N 128°21′51″E | |
Southernmost point (undisputed) [1] | Marado Island | Daejeong-eup | City of Seogwipo | Province of Jeju | 33°6′37″N 126°15′42″E | |
Southernmost point (disputed) | Ieodo | N/A | City of Seogwipo | Province of Jeju | 32°07′22.63″N 125°10′56.81″E | It is known internationally as "Socotra Rock". |
Easternmost point (disputed) [1] | Dokdo Islets | Dokdo-ri,
Ulleung-eup |
County of Ulleung | Province of North Gyeongsang | 37°14′27″N 131°52′20″E | While the ownership of the territory is contested by Japan, the islet currently belongs to South Korea. |
Easternmost point (undisputed) | Jukdo Island | Jeodong-ri,
Ulleung-eup |
County of Ulleung | Province of North Gyeongsang | 37°31′50.7″N 130°56′25.4″E | |
Westernmost point [1] | Baengnyeongdo Island | Baengnyeong-myeon | County of Ongjin | Metropolitan City of Incheon | 37°57′29″N 124°36′42″E |
Mainland Peninsula
The list below is the extreme points within South Korean mainland, which excludes all the island territories.
Extreme Point | Location | Village, Township | City / County | Province /
Metropolitan City |
Coordinates | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northernmost point [2] | North point of Daegang-ri | Daegang-ri, Hyeonnae-myeon |
County of Goseong | Province of Gangwon | 38°36′40″N 128°21′51″E | Daegang-ri is located northernmost within both the mainland and entire South Korea. |
Southernmost point [2] | Ttangkkeut | Songho-ri,
Songji-myeon |
County of Haenam | Province of South Jeolla | 34°17′32″N 126°31′28″E | |
Easternmost point [2] | East point of Seokbyung-ri | Seokbyung-ri, Guryongpo-eup | City of Pohang | Province of North Gyeongsang | 36°1′0″N 129°35′5″E | |
Westernmost point [2] | West point of
Mohang-ri |
Sowon-myeon | County of Taean | Province of South Chungcheong | 36°46′22″N 126°06′42″E |
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See also
- Geography of South Korea
- Extreme points of Asia
- Extreme points of the Earth
- Lists of extreme points
References
- 2006 Agricultural and Forestry Statistics Report Archived 2015-10-21 at Archive.today. South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Retrieved 20 October 2015
- Extreme Points of Republic of Korea (in Korean). National Geographic Information Institute. Retrieved 20 October 2015
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