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OAS seaname Detail for Bo Hai
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| Seaname: | Bo Hai |
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| Definition: | Bo Hai may also be identified as Bo Sea, Bohai Sea, Bohai Gulf, Bohai. According to the IHO Working Group in 2012, the following proposals regarding 'Bo Hai' from China were accepted: - Proposal: "To consider Bo Hai a separate body from Yellow Sea." Comment: "The following to be inserted in the introductory pages of S-23 (Important Notice): "The limits prescribed in this publication are not IHO endorsements of a coastal State‟s legal position with regard to the Law of the Sea"." - Proposal: "To amend the line of demarcation between Bo Hai and Yellow Sea, to read "from Laotieshan Xijiao (38° 44‟N-121° 08‟E), the southwestern extremity of Liadong Bandao, southward to Dazhushan Dao (38° 01‟N-120° 57‟E); thence to Penglai Tou (37° 50‟N-120° 45‟E), the northern extremity of Shandong Bandao"." In the unpublished Draft Fourth Edition of S-23 (1985), the definition for this sea area was: The Bo Sea is situated northwestward and adjacent to the Yellow Sea and bounded by the coast of China. Its limits are the following: On the Southeast: A line joining Penglai Point (37 Degrees 49 Minutes 45 Seconds N - 120 Degrees 44 Minutes 30 Seconds E), the northern extremity of Shandong Peninsula, northeastward to Laotieshan West Point (38 Degrees 43 Minutes 35 Seconds N - 121 Degrees 08 Minutes E), the southwestern extremity of Liaodong Peninsula (the common limit with the Yellow Sea, see 7.4). On the Northeast: A line joining the mouth of Liugu River (40 Degrees 16 Minutes N - 120 Degrees 30 Minutes E), in Liaoning Province, southeastward to the western extremity of Changxing Island (39 Degrees 32 Minutes 45 Seconds N - 121 Degrees 13 Minutes 30 Seconds E), on the western coast of Liaodong Peninsula (the common limit with the Liaodong Gulf, see 7.6). |
| Citation: | Maratos, A. and Huet, M, 2012. IHO Final S-23 Working Group report to Member States. Available online at http://www.iho.int/mtg_docs/com_wg/S-23WG/S-23WG_Misc/Final_S-23_WG_Report_to_MS.pdf, last accessed on 2015-04-09. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2000-09-13 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2015-04-09 21:11:08+00 |