Back Oos-Chinese See Afrikaans بحر الصين الشرقي Arabic بحر الصين الشرقى ARZ Mar de la China Oriental AST Şərqi Çin dənizi Azerbaijani دوْغو چین دنیزی AZB Көнсығыш Ҡытай диңгеҙе Bashkir Segara Cina Kangin BAN Усходне-Кітайскае мора Byelorussian Усходне-Кітайскае мора BE-X-OLD
The East China Sea is a marginal sea east of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean and covers an area of 1,249,000 km². In China, the sea is called the East Sea. In Korea, the sea is sometimes called "South Sea", but this is more often used to speak only of the area near South Korea's southern coast.