List of islands of South Korea explained

South Korea is mostly surrounded by water and has 2413km (1,499miles) of coast line along three seas; to the west is the Yellow Sea (called Sohae ; in South Korea, literally means west sea), to the south is the East China Sea, and to the east is the Sea of Japan (called Donghae ; in South Korea, literally means east sea). Geographically, South Korea's landmass is approximately 100032km2.^[1]

In accordance with the Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, all of the islands controlled by the ROK are wholly claimed by the DPRK.^[2]

The following is a list of major islands of South Korea, the Republic of Korea, arranged by body of water and then by province.

Incheon

Ganghwa

• Boreumdo
  • Achado
  • Bido
  • Maldo
  • Suribong
  • Yongrando
• Donggeomdo
• Ganghwado
  • Eoyujeongdo
  • Gogado
  • Maeumdo
  • Songgado
• Gyodongdo
• Jumundo
  • Bunjido
  • Seokdo
  • Suseom
  • Susido
• Seogeomdo
  • Goiriseom
  • Mibeopdo
  • Nabdo
• Seongmodo
  • Ddannapseom
  • Daeseom
  • Daesongdo
  • Dolseom
  • Gijangseom
  • Sosongdo
• Woodo

Ongjin

• Baegado
  • Beolseom
  • Budo
  • Doryangdo
  • Gyeseom
  • Gwando
  • Gwangdaedo
  • Jido
  • Meongaeseom
  • Nabdo
  • Oseom
  • Uldo
• Baengnyeongdo
• Daecheongdo
• Daechojido
• Daeijakdo
• Deokjeokdo
  • Meokdo
• Dongbaekdo
• Eopyungdo
• Gabjukdo
• Gado
• Gakheuldo
  • Anggakheuldo
  • Tonggakheuldo
  • Jungtonggakheuldo
  • Sotonggakheuldo
• Gureopdo
• Hangdo
• Jangbongdo
  • Amseodo
  • Bigajido
  • Dongmando
  • Sado
  • Seomando
  • Seonmido
  • Wado
• Jawoldo
• Modo
• Mungapdo
• Mungtungdo
• Odo
• Saseungbongdo
• Seongapdo
• Seonjaedo
  • Cheukdo
  • Oihangdo
• Seungbongdo
  • Gumdo
  • Budo
  • Sanggonggyungdo
• Sido
• Sindo
• Socheongdo
• Sochojido
• Sogado
• Soijakdo
• Yeongheungdo
• Yeonpyeongdo
  • Daeyeonpyeongdo
  • Soyeonpyeongdo
  • Chaekdo
  • Moido
  • Kujido
  • Geodo
  • Soyado

Other

• Jakyakdo
• Muuido
• Palmido
• Silmido
• Se-eodo
• Songdo (Artificial island)
• Yongyudo, Yeongjongdo—now joined together by Incheon International Airport

Gyeonggi

Ansan

• Bultando
• Daebudo
• Pungdo
• Seongamdo
• Yukdo
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Hwaseong

• Eodo
• Gukhwado
• Hyungdo
• Jebudo
• Ueumdo

South Chungcheong

Dangjin

• Daejodo
• Haengdando
• Nanjido

Seosan

• Bunjeomdo
• Ganwoldo
• Gopado
• Jeodo
• Ungdo
• Woodo
• docdo

Taean

• Ando
• Anmyeondo
• Dujido
• Gauido
• Gyeokryeolbi Islands
  • Bukgyeokryeolbido
  • Donggyeokryeolbido
  • Seogyeokryeolbido
• Hwangdo
• Jukdo
• Mado
• Napasudo
• Oedo
• Oepasudo
• Ongdo
• Sinjindo

Hongseong

• Jukdo

Boryeong

• Bingdo
• Chudo
• Godaedo
• Heoyukdo
• Hodo
• Hyojado
• Janggodo
• Jukdo
• Nokdo
• Oeyeongdo
• Sapsido
• Sodo
• Songdo
• Wonsando
• Woldo
• Yukdo

Seocheo

• Yubudo

South Jeolla

• Anma-do
• Choramdo
• Chuja Gundo
• Gageodo
• Hauido
• Heuksando
• Hongdo
• Hwa-do
• Imjado
• Jindo
• Naenarodo
• Nohwado
• Odongdo
• Oenarodo
• Port Hamilton (Geomundo)
  • Sodo (Seodo)
  • Sunhodo (Dongdo)
• Saengildo
• Sangtedo
• Sinjido
• Yeoseo-do
• Wan-do

Jeju

• Jeju-do
• Gapado
• Marado
• Udo

South Gyeongsang

Within Hadong-gun

• Mado
• Daedo
• Jangdo
• Jujiseom

Within Namhae-gun

• Namhaedo
• Changseondo
• Jodo
• Hodo
• Nodo
• Sochido
• Maando

Within Sacheon-si

• Woldeungdo
• Sinsudo

Within Goseong-gun

• Anjangseom
• Jarando
• Wado
• Witdaehoseom
• Patseom

Within Tongyeong

• Suudo
• Saryangdo
• Araetseom
• Dumido
• Hanodaedo
• Yokjido
• Chudo
• Bongdo
• Udo
• Yeonhwado
• Jwasarido
• Sojanggundo
• Mireukdo
• Yeondaedo
• Naebujido
• Oebujido
• Hakrimdo
• Ogokdo
• Gukdo
• Jido
• Hwado
• Jukdo
• Hansando
• Bijindo
• Sojido
• Bisando
• Eoeuido
• Sudo
• Jwado
• Yongchodo
• Songdo
• Chubongdo
• Jukdo
• Jangsado
• Daedeokdo
• Gawangdo
• Maemuldo
• Somaemuldo

Busan

• Yeongdo
• Jodo

North Gyeongsang

• Ulleungdo
• Jukdo
• Kwanundo
• Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks) – disputed by Japan

Seoul

• Seonyudo
• Yeouido
• Bamseom
• Nodeulseom

Number of islands by administrative divisions

Provincial-level division	Extension of shore	Islands	Islands with people
Total	Islands with people	Islands without people	Houses	Population
align=center	Area (km2)	align=center	Area (sq mi)	align=center	Number	align=center	Area (km2)	align=center	Area (sq mi)	align=center	Number	align=center	Area (km2)	align=center	Area (sq mi)	align=center	Number	align=center	Area (km2)	align=center	Area (sq mi)J
Incheon	880.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	154	687.02disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	42	680.91disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	112	6.11disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	33,046	align=right	94,172
Gyeonggi Province	303.57disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	65	44.57disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	11	43.74disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	54	0.83disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	2,768	align=right	7,215
South Chungcheong Province	1204.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	261	163.01disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	37	150.48disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	224	12.54disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	6,867	align=right	20,26
North Jeolla Province	301.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	109	37.95disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	26	35.31disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	83	2.64disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	1,985	align=right	6,468
South Jeolla Province	5554.9disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	2210	1836.49disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	278	1790.55disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	1,688	45.92disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	78,071	align=right	219,542
South Gyeongsang Province	2173.64disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	428	930.05disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	82	918.21disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	346	11.84disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	99,673	align=right	313,551
Busan	313.92disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	82	75.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	6	69.16disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	76	6.64disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	119,402	align=right	384,366
Ulsan	135.83disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	8	0.09disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	–	align=right	–	–<	--placeholder: delete "	–" when adding a value"-->	align=right	8	0.09disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	–	align=right	–
North Gyeongsang Province	428disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	47	73.73disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	4	73.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	43	0.13disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	3,840	align=right	10,426
Gangwon Province	318.1disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	32	0.26disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	–	align=right	–	–<	--placeholder: delete "	–" when adding a value"-->	align=right	32	0.26disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	–	align=right	–
Jeju Province	419.95disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	63	15.45disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	8	13.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	55	1.65disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	2,232	align=right	5,98
Total	12035disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	3,459	3824disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	494	3736disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	2,721	89disp=tableNaNdisp=table	align=right	347,884	align=right	1,061,984

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List of islands by area

	Name	Korean Name	Hanja Name	Location	Area[4]
km2	sq mi
1		제주도	Korean: 濟州島		1833.162disp=tableNaNdisp=table
2		거제도	Korean: 巨濟島		379.233disp=tableNaNdisp=table
3		진도	Korean: 珍島		374.981disp=tableNaNdisp=table
4		강화도	Korean: 江華島		302.582disp=tableNaNdisp=table
5		남해도	Korean: 南海島		300.935disp=tableNaNdisp=table
6		안면도	Korean: 安眠島		113.46disp=tableNaNdisp=table
7		영종도	Korean: 永宗島		97.48disp=tableNaNdisp=table
8		완도	Korean: 莞島		90.074disp=tableNaNdisp=table
9		울릉도	Korean: 鬱陵島		72.861disp=tableNaNdisp=table
10		돌산도	Korean: 突山島		70.307disp=tableNaNdisp=table
11		거금도	Korean: 居金島		64.765disp=tableNaNdisp=table
12		지도	Korean: 智島		54.703disp=tableNaNdisp=table
13		창선도	Korean: 昌善島	Namhae County	54.127disp=tableNaNdisp=table
14		자은도	Korean: 慈恩島	Sinan County	52.193disp=tableNaNdisp=table
15		백령도	Korean: 白翎島		51.086disp=tableNaNdisp=table
16		압해도	Korean: 押海島	Sinan County	49.232disp=tableNaNdisp=table
17		안좌도	Korean: 安佐島	Sinan County	48.923disp=tableNaNdisp=table
18		교동도	Korean: 喬棟島	Ganghwa County	47.141disp=tableNaNdisp=table
19		비금도	Korean: 飛禽島	Sinan County	46.249disp=tableNaNdisp=table
20		고금도	Korean: 古今島	Wando County	45.558disp=tableNaNdisp=table
21		도초도	Korean: 都草島	Sinan County	43.398disp=tableNaNdisp=table
22		석모도	Korean: 席毛島	Ganghwa County	42.344disp=tableNaNdisp=table
23		임자도	Korean: 荏子島	Sinan County	40.049disp=tableNaNdisp=table
24		암태도	Korean: 巖泰島	Sinan County	37.251disp=tableNaNdisp=table
25		청산도	Korean: 靑山島	Wando County	32.963disp=tableNaNdisp=table
26		보길도	Korean: 甫吉島	Wando County	32.142disp=tableNaNdisp=table
27		신의도	Korean: 新衣島	Sinan County	31.668disp=tableNaNdisp=table
28		신지도	Korean: 新智島	Wando County	30.832disp=tableNaNdisp=table
29		조약도	Korean: 助藥島	Wando County	28.701disp=tableNaNdisp=table
30		금오도	Korean: 金鰲島	Yeosu	27.508disp=tableNaNdisp=table

See also

• List of islands
• Geography of North Korea
• Geography of South Korea
• List of islands of North Korea

Notes and References

1. Web site: Korea's Geography (Land, Territory...).
2. [Constitution of North Korea|Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea]
3. http://www.coast.kr/portal/html/stat/Stat_Graph.asp?info_code=040&info_Name=%B5%B5%BC%AD%BA%D0%C6%F7&Curpage=M1_3 해양수산부 연안포탈
4. Web site: 120417(조간)_2012년도_지적통계연보_발간(지적기획과1). 2012-04-16. HWP. 2013-05-13.