East Sea or Eastern Sea may refer to: * East China Sea, a marginal sea east of China, where it is called ''Dōnghǎi'' (/) in Chinese, meaning "East Sea" **

East Sea (Chinese literature) The East Sea (), one of the Four Seas, is identified as the body of water east of the mainland according to ancient Chinese geography. In Chinese literature, the Four Seas are a metaphor for the boundaries of China. It contains modern day East Chi ...

, one of the Four Seas, a literary name for the boundaries of China *

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phi ...

, a marginal sea south of China and east and south of Indochina, called ''Biển Đông'' in Vietnamese, meaning "East Sea" *

Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, i ...

, a marginal sea between the Korean Peninsula, Russia and the Japanese archipelago, called ''Donghae'' (; East Sea) in South Korea, and ''Chosŏn Tonghae'' (; Korean East Sea) in North Korea. **

Sea of Japan naming dispute A dispute exists over the international name for the body of water which is bordered by Japan, Korea (North and South) and Russia. In 1992, objections to the name Sea of Japan were first raised by North Korea and South Korea at the Sixth Unit ...

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...

, called "East Sea" in various languages * Dead Sea, a salt lake east of Israel, as used in the Bible (Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18) *

Mare Orientale Mare Orientale (Latin ''orientāle'', the "eastern sea") is a lunar mare. It is located on the western border of the near side and far side of the Moon, and is difficult to see from an Earthbound perspective. Images from spacecraft have reveal ...

, Latin for "Eastern Sea", on the Moon *

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

, also referred to as the East Sea or Eastern Sea in poetry and other uses in North America *

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...

, called the East Sea in poetry and other uses from Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan *

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

, earlier called the "Eastern Ocean" or "Eastern Sea" * Eastern Sea, the eastern ocean of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction

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