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Tsushima Island

Coordinates: 34°25′N 129°20′E / 34.417°N 129.333°E / 34.417; 129.333
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A satellite image of Tsushima Island
Map showing Tsushima Island west of Kyushu

Tsushima Island (対馬, Tsushima) is a Japanese island in the waters between South Korea and Japan.[1]

History

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Beginning in the early 6th century, the island was a province of Japan, It was called Tsushima Province. In the Meiji period, the island and the province became part of Nagasaki Prefecture.[2]

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References

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  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tsushima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1002; US Department of State, "Limits in the Seas, No. 121; Straight Baseline and Territorial Sea Claims: South Korea," p. 23. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and Prefectures" at p. 780.

Other websites

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Media related to Tsushima at Wikimedia Commons

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Tsu-shima.


34°25′N 129°20′E / 34.417°N 129.333°E / 34.417; 129.333

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