South Korea geographically is located in
East Asia on the southern half of the
Korean Peninsula protruding out from the extreme east of the
Asian land mass.
The one and only country with a bordering land is
North Korea. South Korea Geography states that it is majorly surrounded by water and has 2,413 km of coast line along three seas west is surrounded by the Yellow Sea, south is East China Sea, and to the east is the Sea of Japan also called the East Sea. At 98,480 square kilometers,
South Korea Geography proves that South Korea is larger than the American state of Indiana by negligible area yet 290 square kilometers of South Korea are occupied by water. The approximate location are 37° North, 127° 30 East on the globe.
The
Korean Peninsula expands southward from the northeast region of the Asian continent. The Japanese islands of Honshu and Kyushu are nearby 200 kilometers to the southeast direction and runs across the
Korea Strait. The Shandong Peninsula of China lies 190 kilometers to the west of
South Korea. The west coast of the peninsula is enveloped by the Korea Bay to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south while the east coast is bordered by the Sea of Japan. The border line between the two Korean states is the thirty-eighth parallel of latitude but after the
Korean War, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) forms the boundary between the two. It is a 4,000-meter-wide strip of land that runs along the line of cease-fire often considered as the Demarcation Line.
220,847 square kilometers is the total land area of the peninsula, including the islands. The combined territories of
North Korea and South Korea lies in consistency.
South Korea Geography area wise almost equals to Portugal or Hungary.
