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The limits of the Japan Sea, situated between the Asian coast and the islands of Japan, are the following: On the North: A line joining Cape Belkina (45 Degrees 49 Minutes 15 Seconds N - 137 Degrees 41 Minutes 30 Seconds E), on the coast of USSR, eastward to Cape Kuznetsova (46 Degrees 02 Minutes 40 Seconds N - 141 Degrees 55 Minutes 10 Seconds E), on the southwestern coast of Sakhalin Island (the common limit with the Gulf of Tartary, see 7.9). On the East: A line joining Cape Kuznetsova southwestward to Nosyappu Point (45 Degrees 26 Minutes 50 Seconds N - 141 Degrees 39 Minutes E), the northwestern extremity of Hokkaid Degrees (the common limit with the Okhotsk, see 7.10); thence from Nosyappu Point southwestward, along the western coast of Hokkaid Degrees , to the eastern extremity of Esan Point (41 Degrees 48 Minutes 12 Seconds N - 141 Degrees 11 Minutes 24 Seconds E), on the southern coast of this island; thence a line joining Esan Point southeastward to Siriya Point (41 Degrees 25 Minutes 43 Seconds N - 141 Degrees 27 Minutes 54 Seconds E), the northeastern extremity of Honsy Degrees ; thence from Siriya Point southwestward, along the western coast of Honsy Degrees , to Murasaki-no Point (34 Degrees 01 Minutes 18 Seconds N - 130 Degrees 54 Minutes 24 Seconds E), on the southwestern coast of this island; thence a line joining Murasaki-no Point southwestward, through Muture Island (33 Degrees 58 Minutes 20 Seconds N - 130 Degrees 52 Minutes E) and Uma Island (33 Degrees 58 Minutes N - 130 Degrees 51 Minutes 15 Seconds E), to Hatiman Point (33 Degrees 55 Minutes 52 Seconds N - 130 Degrees 43 Minutes 50 Seconds E), on the northern coast of Ky Degrees sy Degrees (the common limit, in the Kammon Strait, with the Seto Naikai, see 7.7); and thence from Hatiman Point southwestward, along the western coast of Ky Degrees sy Degrees , to Nomo Point (32 Degrees 34 Minutes N - 129 Degrees 44 Minutes 30 Seconds E). On the South: A line joining Nomo Point westward to the southern extremity of Hukae Island (32 Degrees 34 Minutes 15 Seconds N - 128 Degrees 46 Minutes 30 Seconds E); thence from the southern extremity of Hukae Island northwestward, through this island, to Degrees se Point (32 Degrees 36 Minutes 35 Seconds N - 128 Degrees 36 Minutes E), the southwestern extremity thereof; thence a line joining Degrees se Point northwestward to Punam Point (33 Degrees 11 Minutes 30 Seconds N - 126 Degrees 17 Minutes 30 Seconds E), the southern extremity of Cheju Island; thence from Punam Point northwestward, through Cheju Island, to the western extremity of this island (33 Degrees 17 Minutes 15 Seconds N - 126 Degrees 09 Minutes 45 Seconds E) (the common limit with the East China Sea, see 7.3); thence a line joining the western extremity of Cheju Island northwestward to Kan Rock (34 Degrees 12 Minutes 25 Seconds N -125 Degrees 48 Minutes E) and northeastward to the northern extremity of Og Island (34 Degrees 21 Minutes 40 Seconds N - 126 Degrees 00 Minutes 50 Seconds E) and to the western extremity of Jin Island (34 Degrees 25 Minutes 10 Seconds N - 126 Degrees 05 Minutes 25 Seconds E); thence from the western extremity of Jin Island northeastward, along the eastern coast of this island, to its northern extremity (34 Degrees 35 Minutes 20 Seconds N - 126 Degrees 15 Minutes E); and thence a line joining the northern extremity of Jin Island northeastward to position 34 Degrees 35 Minutes 50 Seconds N -126 Degrees 16 Minutes 50 Seconds E, on the southwestern coast of the Korean Peninsula (the common limit with the Yellow Sea, see 7.4). On the West : The Asian coast, from position 34 Degrees 35 Minutes 50 Seconds N - 126 Degrees 16 Minutes 50 Seconds E, on the southwestern coast of the Korean Peninsula, northeastward to Cape Belkina (45 Degrees 49 Minutes 15 Seconds N - 137 Degrees 41 Minutes 30 Seconds E), on the coast of USSR. |