page_title: Tsushima Strait
hierarchical_section_title: Tsushima Strait
context_page_description: Tsushima Strait or Eastern Channel is a channel of the Korea Strait, which lies between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea.
  The strait is the channel to the east and southeast of Tsushima Island, with the Japanese islands of Honshu to the east and northeast, and Kyushu and the Gotō Islands to the south and southeast. It is narrowest south-east of Shimono-shima, the south end of Tsushima Island proper, constricted there by nearby Iki Island, which lies wholly in the strait near the tip of Honshu. South of that point Japan's Inland Sea mingles its waters through the narrow Kanmon Strait between Honshu and Kyushu, with those of the Eastern Channel, making for some of the busiest sea lanes in the world.
  The Strait was the site of the decisive naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War, the Battle of Tsushima, took place between the Japanese and Russian navies in 1905. The Russian fleet was virtually destroyed, with the Japanese suffering only the loss of three torpedo boats.
context_section_description: Tsushima Strait (対馬海峡, Tsushima Kaikyō) or Eastern Channel (동수로 Dongsuro) is a channel of the Korea Strait, which lies between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea.
  The strait is the channel to the east and southeast of Tsushima Island, with the Japanese islands of Honshu to the east and northeast, and Kyushu and the Gotō Islands to the south and southeast. It is narrowest south-east of Shimono-shima, the south end of Tsushima Island proper, constricted there by nearby Iki Island, which lies wholly in the strait near the tip of Honshu. South of that point Japan's Inland Sea mingles its waters through the narrow Kanmon Strait between Honshu and Kyushu, with those of the Eastern Channel, making for some of the busiest sea lanes in the world.
  The Strait was the site of the decisive naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War, the Battle of Tsushima, took place between the Japanese and Russian navies in 1905.  The Russian fleet was virtually destroyed, with the Japanese suffering only the loss of three torpedo boats.
caption: The Eastern Channel is a channel of the Korea Strait.
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