Shandong Peninsula

Peninsula in China Shandong PeninsulaNative name: 山东半岛Nickname: Jiaodong PeninsulaThe Shandong Peninsula on an administrative map of eastern ChinaLocation within ChinaGeographyCoordinates37°N 121°E / 37°N 121°E / 37; 121Area73,000 km2 (28,000 sq mi)Length290 km (180 mi)Width190 km (118 mi)AdministrationChinaProvinceShandong Shandong PeninsulaSimplified Chinese山东半岛Traditional Chinese山東半島TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShāndōng BàndǎoWade–GilesShan-tung Pan-taoJiaodong Peninsula(Tsiaotung Peninsula)Simplified Chinese胶东半岛Traditional Chinese膠東半島TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinJiāodōng BàndǎoWade–GilesChiao-tung Pan-tao The Shandong Peninsula or Jiaodong (Tsiaotung) Peninsula is a peninsula in Shandong in eastern China, between the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south. The latter name refers its location being to the east of Jiaozhou. Geography The waters bordering the peninsula are Laizhou Bay to the northwest, which opens into the Bohai Sea to the north, which in turn passes through the Bohai Strait to the northeast into the Yellow Sea to the east and south. The peninsula's territo