The Korea Strait is a sea passage between the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan (in Korea also known as the South Sea and the East Sea respectively). To the north it is bounded by the south coast of the Korean peninsula, to the south by the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu. The strait has a depth of about 90 metres and is split by the Tsushima islands. The eastern channel of the Korea Strait is also referred to as Tsushima Strait, and the West Channel the Korea Strait.
A branch of the Kuroshio (Japan Current) passes through the strait. It is the warm branch called Tsushima Current. Originating along the Japanese islands this currents eventually flows into the Pacific and the Sea of Okhotsk near Sakhalin. The Korean Strait was the location where in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese fleet annihilated their Russian counterpart. This key battle is often referred to as the Battle of Tsushima (In Japan, it is called the "Sea of Japan naval battle.").
The Korea Strait is a sea passage between the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan (in Korea also known as the South Sea and the East Sea respectively).
To the north it is bounded by the south coast of the Korean peninsula, to the south by the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu.
The KoreanStrait was the location where in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese fleet annihilated their Russian counterpart.
The Tsushima Islands lie to the west center of the Korea Strait, and the broader eastern channel (Tsushima Strait) is bounded to the west by Tsushima and to the east through south-east by Honshu and to the south-south-east by Kyushu.
The Tsushima Strait is narrowest at its southern end, constricted there by nearby Iki Island, which lies wholly in the strait near the tip of Honshu.
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