Jukdo () is a small island adjacent to

Ulleungdo Ulleungdo (also spelled Ulreungdo; Hangul: , ) is a South Korean island 120 km (75 mi) east of the Korean Peninsula in the Sea of Japan, formerly known as the Dagelet Island or Argonaut Island in Europe. Volcanic in origin, the rocky s ...

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, in the

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. It was formerly also known as ''Jukseodo'' () in Korea and China and as ''Boussole Rock'' or ''Ou-san'' in Europe. It lies east of Ulleungdo, and is the largest island in the group apart from Ulleungdo itself. In 2004, one family of three members was living on the island.

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Administratively, Jukdo belongs to Jeodong-ri, Ulleung township,

Ulleung County Ulleung County (Korean: 울릉군, ''Ulleung-gun''; Hanja: 鬱陵郡) is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Ulleung County has a population of 10,426 making it the least populated county in South Korea. Ulleung County consists m ...

Gyeongsangbuk-do North Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상북도, translit=Gyeongsangbuk-do, ) is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the ...

. The

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

used to write this island is ''Jukseodo'' (). Jukdo island measures long and wide. The Hanja for Jukdo () or Jukseo () mean "bamboo () island ()/islet ()". Bamboo grasses grow in Jukdo, explaining the island's traditional name.

Position and satellite photo

File:Ulleung island from above.jpg, A satellite image (facing north) of Ulleungdo. The small island to the northeast of Ulleungdo is Jukdo. File:Uleungdo Jukdo Liancourt Rocks.png, Position of Uleungdo, Jukdo and Liancourt Rocks File:Jukdo Island.png, Jukdo

Old Korean maps

file:八道総図.jpg, Joseon map (1530) file:Ulleungdo and Usando.jpg, Joseon map (1530) file:DaedongyeojidoUlleungdo.png,

Kim Jeong-ho Kim Jeong-ho (pen name Gosanja; ‘the guy of old mountain’ 1804–1866?) was a Korean geographer and cartographer. He was born in Hwanghaedo. It is believed that he walked the entire length and breadth of the Korean peninsula, through mou ...

Daedongyeojido Daedongyeojido (also Daedong yeojido, ko, 대동여지도, 大東輿地圖, lit. "The Great Map of the East Land") is a large scale map of Korea produced by Joseon dynasty cartographer and geologist Kim Jeong-ho in 1861. A second edition was print ...

" (1861) file:East of Ulleungdo and Usando.jpg, Kim Jeong-ho "Daedongyeojido" (1861) file:DaehanJeondo.jpg, A map by the

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(1899)

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Position and satellite photo

Old Korean maps

See also