LIAODONG PENINSULA


Meaning of LIAODONG PENINSULA in English

or Liao-tung Peninsula

Peninsula, extending from the southern coastline of Liaoning province, northeastern China.

It partly separates the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli) on the west from Korea Bay on the east. It forms part of a mountain belt that continues in the Changbai Mountains; on the peninsula the range is known as the Qian Mountains. Near the southern tip of the peninsula lies the port of Dalian .

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