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Liancourt Rocks

islands that has two main island made out of rocks between Japan and Korea
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Summary

Liancourt Rocks is an archipelago[1]. It draws 5,444 Wikipedia views per month (archipelago category, ranking #36 of 341).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Takeshima[3], Dokdo-ri[4]
  • Country: Japan[5], South Korea[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Sea of Japan[7]
  • Instance of: disputed territory[8], protected area[9]
  • Maintained by: South Korea[10]
  • Commons category: Liancourt Rocks[11]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[12]
  • Said to be the same as: Seokdo[13]
  • Has part(s): Western Liancourt Rocks[14], Eastern Liancourt Rocks[15]
  • Official website: https://dokdo.mofa.go.kr/[16], https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/takeshima/index.html[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Liancourt Rocks[18]
  • Streaming media URL: http://world.kbs.co.kr/special/dokdo/korean/live/dokdolive.htm[19]
  • Population: 34[20]
  • Territory claimed by: South Korea[21], North Korea[22], Japan[23]
  • Native label: 독도 –[24], 竹島[25]
  • Area: 187,554 m²[26]
  • History of topic: history of Dokdo[27]
  • Name: Liancourt Rocks[28], 竹島[29], 독도[30], rochers Liancourt[31]
  • Located in protected area: Dokdo Island Natural Reserve[32]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikidata:WikiProject NYU Libraries/SACO-Lite Pilot[33]
  • Ground level 360 degree view URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYZUj9Is4ek[34], https://app.map.naver.com/panorama/?id=NVsf9KvBapOuYZ_6b97PYA[35], https://map.kakao.com/?srcid=10304147&confirmid=10304147&q=독도&rv=on[36], https://m.map.kakao.com/actions/detailMapView?id=10304147&rv=on[37]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Liancourt Rocks[38]
  • Dedicated heritage entity: Takeshima Reference Room[39], Kumi Takeshima History Museum[40], Dokdo Museum[41], Dokdo Museum Seoul[42]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Liancourt Rocks include ROKS Dokdo[43], an amphibious assault ship[44].

Why It Matters

Liancourt Rocks has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include ROKS Dokdo[43], an amphibious assault ship[44].

Related Entities

Alfonso X of Castile and Leon Japan North Korea South Korea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . dokdo.mofa.go.kr. dokdo.mofa.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . dokdo.mofa.go.kr. dokdo.mofa.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · 鈴音雨 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Territory claimed by → South Korea, North Korea, Japan
    Dedicated heritage entity → Takeshima Reference Room, Kumi Takeshima History Museum, Dokdo Museum +1
    Located in time zone → UTC+09:00
    Country → Japan, South Korea
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: https://dokdo.mofa.go.kr/"
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