Yellow Sea:
After aggressive posturing in the South China Sea, China is upping the ante in the Yellow Sea, following the building of a gigantic steel rig.
- Yellow Sea also referred to in China as Huang Hai and in North and South Korea as the West Sea, Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
- It is positioned to the north of the East China Sea.
- It is bordered by mainland China in the north and west and by North Korea and South Korea in the east.
- The sea was named for the yellowish sand particles originating from the Gobi Desert that descend on the surface of the sea, thereby giving it a golden yellow color.
- It covers an area of approximately 400,000 sq.km.
- It measures about 960 km from north to south and some 700 km from its east to west.
