Donggeochado, Donggeocha Island, or East Geocha Island, is a island east of

Seogeochado Seogeochado, Seogeocha Island, or West Geocha Island, is a island west of Donggeochado in the Geocha Archipelago in South Korea. It is part of the Dadohaehaesang National Park, and constitutes the north-western point of the Maenggol Channel. Ad ...

in the Geocha Archipelago in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. It is part of the Dadohaehaesang National Park, and the waterway

Maenggol Channel The Maenggol Channel () or Maenggol Sudo or Maenggol Waterway is a sea channel named after the Maenggol Island south-west of the Korean Peninsula. Stretching wide between the Geocha Archipelago and the Maenggol Archipelago and running south-ea ...

. Administratively it is located in

Jindo County Jindo County (''Jindo-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It consists of the island of Jindo and several smaller nearby islands. Jindo Bridge connects Jindo county with Haenam county. Together with Jindo Island, Jindo Count ...

South Jeolla Province South Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollanam-do''; ), also known as Jeonnam, is a province of South Korea. South Jeolla has a population of 1,902,324 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Honam region at the southwestern tip of the Korean ...

, in the administrative division of Donggeochado-ri,

Jodo-myeon Jodo-myeon is a myeon (township) in Jindo County of South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The township office is in Changyu-ri on Hajodo (Hajo Island). There are 177 islands (36 inhabited and 141 uninhabited islands) on the sea off Jodo-myeon. It ...

. On 16 April 2014, the passenger ferry MV ''Sewol'' capsized north of the nearby island

Byeongpungdo Byeongpungdo, or Byeongpung Island, or Pyeongpung is an uninhabited island in South Korea's Dadohaehaesang National Park, with an area of 0.56 square kilometers. It is located at the southern extremity of Jindo County, South Jeolla Province, in ...

, drifted north while taking in water, and sank off the coast of Donggeochado.

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* Jindo County Islands of South Jeolla Province Islands of the Yellow Sea {{SouthKorea-geo-stub