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Jeju is an island, volcanic in origin, situated on the continental shelf 90 km south of the Korean Peninsula. Specifically, Jeju Island is located between 33°11′27″ and 33°33′50″ north in latitude and between 126°08′43″ and 126°58′20″ east in longitude. The island is a slightly flattened ellipse, ~ 70 km in length from south south-west to north north-east, and varying from 30 ~ 35 km in width. In addition there are a number of rocky islets just offshore. The east side of Jeju faces Tsushima and Nagasaki in Japan across the South Sea of the Korean Peninsula and the East China Sea. The west side of the island faces Shanghai in China across the East China Sea. Jeju is 450 km from Seoul, 270 km from Busan, 330 km from Fukuoka in Japan, and 500 km from Shanghai in China.
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Woo, K., Sohn, Y., Ahn, U., Yoon, S., Spate, A. (2013). Geographic Setting. In: Jeju Island Geopark - A Volcanic Wonder of Korea. Geoparks of the World (closed), vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20564-4_2
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