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Labeling and Principles of Geographic Naming of the Sea Between Korea and Japan with Reference to the Atlas and Geography Textbook Publishers of the United States and the United Kingdom

  • Journal of the Korean Cartographic Association
  • Abbr : JKCA
  • 2011, 11(2), pp.27-37
  • Publisher : The Korean Cartographic Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Geography > Geography in general > Cartography

Jongnam Choi 1 Shim Jeongbo 2 Okkyong Yoon 3

1Western Illinois University
2동북아역사재단
3청주교육대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study focuses on the naming of the East Sea area and principles on maps produced by the map publishers of the United States and the United Kingdom since 2000. Most map publishers having their own policies regarding place names, the sea between Korea and Japan is represented as the pattern of ‘Sea of Japan(East Sea)’; however, in some cases, the single use of ‘Sea of Japan.’ Meanwhile, the various formats are used in naming the East Sea in geography textbooks because geographic naming of textbook publishers tends to be determined by each author. For the dissemination of the name ‘East Sea’ in the international arena, it is essential to give wider publicity on the legitimacy of the name ‘East Sea’ especially to authors of both map and textbook publishers.

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