East Sea

East Sea or Eastern Sea may refer to:

  • Sea of Japan, a marginal sea between Japanese archipelago, Russia, and Korean Peninsula. Called "East Sea" in South Korea and "Korea East Sea" or "East Sea of Korea" in North Korea. See: Sea of Japan naming dispute
  • East China Sea, a marginal sea east of China, where it is called Dōng Hǎi (东海/東海) in Chinese, meaning "East Sea"
  • East Sea (Chinese mythology), a sea in Chinese mythology
  • South China Sea, a marginal sea south of China and east and south of Indochina, called Biển Đông in Vietnamese, meaning "East Sea"
  • Baltic Sea, called "East Sea" in various languages
  • Dead Sea, a salt lake east of Israel, as used in the Bible (Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18)
  • Mare Orientale, Latin for "Eastern Sea", on the Moon

Famous quotes containing the words east and/or sea:

    “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land; and the waters were divided. The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 14:21,22.

    “The Sea Tiger was built to fight. She deserves a better epitaph than “Commissioned 1940. Sank 1941. Engagements, none. Shots fired, none.” Now you can’t let her go that way. That’s like a beautiful woman dying an old maid.”
    —Stanley Shapiro (1925–1990)