Socotra Rockとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Socotra Rock

1. An underwater rock in the Yellow Sea.
   • 2011 August 18, Choe Sang-Hun, “Island’s Naval Base Stirs Opposition in South Korea”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 21, 2011, Asia Pacific‎:

     In January, the South Korean Navy began construction on a $970 million base in Gangjeong. Once completed in 2014, it will be home to 20 warships, including submarines, that the navy says will protect shipping lanes for South Korea’s export-driven economy, which is dependent on imported oil. It will also enable South Korea to respond quickly to a brewing territorial dispute with China over Socotra Rock, a submerged reef south of Jeju that the Koreans call Ieodo. Both sides believe it is surrounded by oil and mineral deposits.

   • 2014 July 10, “A look at China’s territorial claims”, in AP News‎, sourced from BEIJING (AP), archived from the original on July 06, 2025:

     MINOR DISPUTES: China has a minor border dispute with Bhutan and the sides have no diplomatic ties. It also has an obscure dispute with South Korea over a submerged rock that both claim. South Korea controls the feature, known variously as Socotra Rock, Leodo and Suyanjiao, and has built an ocean research station and helipad over it.

   • 2025 March 18, Seong Hyeon Choi, “Yellow Sea stand-off over ‘steel structure’ raises China-South Korea tensions: reports”, in South China Morning Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 18, 2025, China / Military‎:

     According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, citing South Korean diplomatic sources, the confrontation played out on the afternoon of February 26 in the Provisional Maritime Zone (PMZ) near Socotra Rock, southwest of South Korea’s Jeju Island.